Having two separate bodies or bodily forms; exhibiting two distinct physical structures.
From dis- (two) + somatic + -ous (adjective suffix). The suffix -ous creates an adjective describing the possession of this two-bodied quality.
This adjective form is used in developmental and parasitic biology to describe organisms that undergo radical transformations in bodily form. Some parasites pass through a two-bodied stage in their lifecycle—this word lets biologists describe that precisely.
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