DIPLOSTEMONOUS
Dip`lo*stem"o*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. R.
Brown.
DIPLOSTEMONY
Dip`lo*stem"o*ny, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The condition of being diplostemonous.
DIPNEUMONA
Dip*neu"mo*na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Written also Dipneumones.]
DIPNOI
Dip"no*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.
DIPODY
Dip"o*dy, n.; pl. Dipodies. Etym: [Gr. (Pros.)
Defn: Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
Hadley.
Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured by
dipodies. W. W. Goodwin.