EGAVE

biceps

About 1.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any muscle having two heads.
  2. noun Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
  3. noun The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
  4. noun A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).

Similar words

brachii cruris femoris double biceps bicephaly bicephalism front double biceps bident biarticular hemibody

Often followed by

femoris brachii tendon and muscle is curl of to

Word family

bicep biceps brachii biceps femoris bicepses

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