Digenea | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; race, offspring. ] (Zool.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Diogenes | n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. [ 1913 Webster ] Diogenes' crab (Zool.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. -- Diogenes' tub, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived. [ 1913 Webster ]
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