biform

biform
biformity, n.
/buy"fawrm'/, adj.
having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
Also, biformed.
[1810-20; < L biformis, equiv. to bi- BI-1 + form(a) FORM + -is adj. suffix]

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      having or appearing in two dissimilar guises. The term is used of characters in classical mythology that appeared to mortals in other than their customary bodily form. Zeus, for example, often took other forms; he appeared to Leda as a swan and to Europa as a white bull.

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