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Diffracted. — Bending in different directions. (L. 

 dis, ajjart, and frango, to break.) 



Diffuse. — Spreading. (L. difficndo, to pour abroad, 

 from dis, away, and fundo, to pour.) 



Digitate. — ^Widened and divided like the hand, if 

 slender and elongate ; if not slender and 

 elongate the term " palmate " is used. (From 

 L. digitus, a finger or toe.) 



Digitules. — Appendages usually present on the 

 feet of the Coccida?, either broadly dilated or 

 in the form of knobbed hairs. (From L. digittis.) 



Digitus. — The toe or " foot " ; the remaining joints 

 of the tarsus taken together. (L.) 



Dilatate. — ^Disproportion ably broad in part. (L. 

 dilato, dilatus, to make broad.) 



Dilutus. — Pale in colour. (L. diluted.) 



Dimeious. — Composed of two pieces; in parts 

 arranged in pairs. (Gr. di, and mews, a part.) 



Dimidiate fascia. — A fascia traversing only half 

 the wing. (L. dimidium, the half, from dis, 

 and medius, the middle ; and fascia, a band.) 



Dimidius. — Half an inch. The term is universally 

 used to indicate " half the size." (For example, 

 dimidio minus, half as large ; diniido majns, by 

 one half larger ; dimido lotus, by one half 

 broader, etc.; In the same way the comparative 

 numerals are applied, triplex, quacriplex, 

 etc. Thus, one third as large, triflo-mitms ; 

 three times as large, triflo-majns ; one-fourth 

 as large, quadrwplo-minus ; four times as large; 

 quadruflo-majus. Quincuplex and sextuplex 

 are seldom, if ever, used. (L.) 



