Definitions for "Biceps"
Keywords:  forearm, elbow, flex, brachii, caput
A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.
Latin bis = double, and caput = head, hence 2-headed, adjective - bicipital.
The muscle on the front of the upper arm. Its main function is to move the forearm towards the shoulder (flex the elbow).
Biceps refers to a point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (brevia). It is found in the dactylic hexameter and the dactylic pentameter.