dio

n. 1. A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The clergy or the people of a diocese. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dioceses [ OE. diocise, OF. diocise, F. diocése, L. dioecesis, fr. Gr. &unr_; housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. &unr_; to keep house, manage; dia` through + &unr_; to manage a household, &unr_; a house. See Economy. ] (Eccl.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [ Frequently, but improperly, spelt diocess. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who belongs to a diocese. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of whales. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. -- n. A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di = di`s twice + o'i^kos a house. ] 1. (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

{ } a. (Biol.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monœcious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Biol.) In a diœcious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diœciously hermaphrodite (Bot.), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically diœcious, -- those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules. [ 1913 Webster ]