See Also: diodon(medicine)
diodon(dictionary)

dehiscence (iou) and diodon (medicine)


dehiscence (iou)



dehiscence noun. E19.
[mod. Latin dehiscentia, from Latin dehiscent- pres. ppl stem of dehiscere: see DEHISCE, -ENCE.]
Gaping, opening by divergence of parts (chiefly Anatomy & Physiology); in Botany, the bursting open of seed-vessels etc. in order to discharge their mature contents.
dehiscent adjective gaping open; Botany (of a seed-vessel etc.) bursting open when ripe: M17.

diodon (medicine)


diodon


1. <zoology> A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

2. <zoology> A genus of whales.

Origin: Gr. = twice +, a tooth: cf. F. Diodon.

Source: Websters Dictionary