Part 3134

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Diodon</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di"o*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/, <?/, a tooth: cf. F. <ets>diodon</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called <i>globefishes</i>, <i>swellfishes</i>, etc. <i>fishes</i>, and <i>sea hedgehogs</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of whales.</def>

<h1>Diodont</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di"o*dont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.</def></def2>

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<h1>Di\'d2cia</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*\'d2"ci*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ a house.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.</def>

<h1>Di\'d2cian, Di\'d2cious</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw><hw>Di*\'d2"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di*\'d2"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the sexes in applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to <i>mon\'d2cious</i>.</def>

<h1>Di\'d2ciously</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*\'d2"cious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>In a di\'d2cious manner.</def>

<cs><col>Di\'d2ciously hermaphrodite</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>having flowers structurally perfect, but practically di\'d2cious, -- those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules.</cd></cs>

<h1>Di\'d2ciousness</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*\'d2"cious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The state or quality of being di\'d2cious.</def>

<h1>Di\'d2cism</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*\'d2"cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The condition of being di\'d2cious.</def>

<h1>Diogenes</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*og"e*nes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 <sc>B. C.</sc>) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.</def>

<cs><col>Diogenes' crab</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (<spn>Cenobita Diogenes</spn>), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops.</cd> -- <col>Diogenes' tub</col>, <cd>the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dioicous</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*oi"cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Di\'d2cious</er>.</def>

<h1>Diomedea</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*om`e*de"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See <er>Albatross</er>.</def>