Part 3142

<h1>Diplopoda</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*plop"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ double + <ets>-poda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.</def>

<h1>Diplostemonous</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip`lo*stem"o*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ double + <?/ the warp, a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium.</def>

<i>R. Brown.</i>

<h1>Diplostemony</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip`lo*stem"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The condition of being diplostemonous.</def>

<h1>Dipneumona</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip*neu"mo*na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ lung.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Dipneumones</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dipnoi</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"no*i</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ <?/ with two breathing apertures; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ breath.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera <spn>Ceratodus</spn> and <spn>Lepidosiren</spn>, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See <er>Ceratodus</er>, and <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Dipody</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"o*dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dipodies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ two-footed; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.</def>

<i>Hadley.</i>

<blockquote>Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured by <b>dipodies</b>. <i>W. W. Goodwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dipolar</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*po"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pre. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>polar</ets>. Cf. <er>Bipolar</er>.]</ety> <def>Having two poles, as a magnetic bar.</def>

<h1>Dippel's oil</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"pel's oil`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <ety>[From the name of the inventor.]</ety> <def>See <cref>Bone oil</cref>, under <er>Bone</er>.</def>

<h1>Dipper</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small grebe; the dabchick</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The buffel duck</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The water ouzel (<spn>Cinolus aquaticus</spn>) of Europe</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The American dipper or ouzel (<spn>Cinclus Mexicanus</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>The Dipper</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also <altname>Charles's Wain</altname>. See <cref>Ursa Major</cref>, under <er>Ursa</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dipping</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"ping</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of immersing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of inclining downward.</def>