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net ; gignesthai, to produce.] A 

 net-leaved plant, appl. usually to 

 monocotyledons (bot.). 



dictyonalia (dik'tiona'lia) n. [Gk. 

 diktyon, net.] The principal par- 

 enchyma spicules of the Dictyonina 

 and of many Lyssacina (zool.). 



dictyostelic (dik'tioste'lik) a. [Gk. 

 diktyon, net ; stele, stele.] Poly- 

 stehc (bot.). 



dictyotic (dik'tiot'ik) a. [Gk. diktyon, 

 net.] Having the whole skeleton 

 laid down at once (zool.}. 



dictyotic moment, lorication mo- 

 ment, which see. 



dicycllc (disik'lik) a. [Gk. di, two ; 

 kyklos, circle.] Having a row of 

 per-radial infrabasals, appl. theca 

 of Crinoids (zool.) ; having two 

 whorls (bot.). 



didactyl (didak'til) a. [Gk. di, two ; 

 daktylos, finger.] Having two 

 fingers or two toes (zool.~). 



didymous (did'imus) a. [Gk. didymos, 

 twin.] Growing in pairs (bot., 

 zool.). 



didynamous (didm'amus) a. [Gk. di, 

 two ; dynamis, power.] With four 

 stamens, two long, two short (bot.). 



diencephalon (di'enkgf'alon, -s6f'-) n. 

 [Gk. dia, between ; engkephalon, 

 brain.] See thalamencephalon 

 (anat.). 



differentiation (diferen'shta'shun) n. 

 [L. differre, to differ.] The modifica- 

 tion in structure of various organs 

 of the body owing to a division of 

 labour (zool.). 



diffluence (diflooens) n. [L. dis, 

 away ; fluere, to flow.] Disintegra- 

 tion by the formation of large 

 vacuoles whose walls break on 

 bursting (biol.). 



diffuse (difus') a. [L. diffundere, to 

 pour.] Widely spread (biol.). 



digastric (digas'trik) a. [Gk. di, two ; 

 gaster, belly.] Two-bellied, appl. 

 muscles fleshy at the ends, tendinous 

 in the middle (anat.). 



digenesis (dijeVesis) n. [Gk. dis, 

 twice ; gignesthai, to produce.] 

 Alternation of generations. 



digenetic (drjeneYik) a. [Gk. dis, 

 twice ; gignesthai, to produce.] 

 Pert, digenesis (biol.). 



digenoporous (dl'jgnop'orus) a. [Gk. 

 dis, twice ; genos, birth ;poros, pore.] 



With two genital pores, said of 

 many Turbellaria (zool.). 



digestion (dijeVchun) n. [L. digestio, 

 digestion.] The process by which 

 nutrient materials are rendered 

 absorbable by the working of various 

 juices and mechanical action (phys.). 



digestive (dijgs'tiv) a. [L. digestio, 

 digestion.] Pert, digestion, or 

 having the power of aiding in diges- 

 tion (phys.). 



digit (dip) n. [L. digitus, finger.] 

 A division of the limb in any 

 vertebrate above Fishes (zool.). 



digital (dij'ital) a. [L. digitus, finger.] 

 Pert, finger or digit, also appl. 

 things resembling a digit (zool.). 



digital (dij'ital) n. [L. digitus, finger.] 

 The distal joint of a spider's pedi- 

 palp (zool.). 



digitaliform (dij'ital'iform) a. [L. 

 digitus, finger ; forma, shape.] 

 Finger-shaped, appl. corollae which 

 are like the finger of a glove (bot.). 



digitate (dij'itat) a. [L. digitus, 

 finger.] Having the parts arranged 

 like the fingers in a hand (bot.) ; 

 with fingers (zool.) ; finger-shaped 

 (hot., zool.). 



digitiform (dlj'itiform) a. [L. digitus, 

 finger ; forma, shape.] Finger- 

 shaped ; appl. roots (bot.). 



digitigrade (dij'itTgrad) a. [L. digitus, 

 finger ; gradus, step.] Having feet, 

 the digits of which only touch the 

 ground in walking (zool.). 



digitinervate (dij'itiner'vat) a. [L. 

 digitus, finger ; nervus, a sinew.] 

 Having the veins radiating out from 

 the base like the fingers of a hand, 

 with usually five or seven veins ; 

 appl. leaves (bot.). 



digitipartite (dij'itipar'tit) a. [L. 

 digitus, finger ; partire, to divide.] 

 Having the leaves divided up in a 

 hand-like pattern (bot.). 



digitipinnate (dij'itipin'at) a. [L. 

 digitus, finger ;pinna, leaf.] Having 

 digitate leaves of which the leaflets 

 are pinnate (bot.). 



digitule (dlj'itul) n. [L. digitus, 

 finger.] Any small finger-like pro- 

 cess ; small process on the insect 

 tarsi (zool.). 



digoneutic (dl'gonu'tik) a. [Gk. dis, 

 twice ; goneuein, to produce.] 

 Breeding twice a year (zool.). 



