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bicolour, -color, a. and n.|ˈbaɪkʌlə(r)|
[ad. L. bicolor or F. bicolore adj.: see bi-2.]
A. adj. Having two colours.
B. n. A two-coloured blossom or animal.
1889Cent. Dict., Bicolor a., same as bicolored. 1898M. A. von Arnim Elizabeth & Germ. Gard. 56 The Persian Yellows and Bicolors have been, as I predicted, a mistake among the teas. 1911R. C. Punnett Mendelism (ed. 3) vii. 74 The proportion in which the three classes of purples appeared was 9 bicolors, 3 deep purples, 4 picotees. 1931Antiquity V. 430 The second variety of new faience beads are the bicolour inverted drop pendants. 1967Guardian 18 Dec. 5/1 The Bi Colour Longhair, long observed about Britain, has only been recognised as a breed since 1966. |