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Didoncephalus – Diomede Islands

Didoncephalus

a monster with a double range of teeth, or a double jaw.

Didunculide

a family of Columbacei (pigeons), which some authorities connect with the extinct dodo.

Didunculus

the typical genus of the family Didunculidæ. D. strigirostris inhabits the Navigator Islands.

Die-Sinking

the art of making dies for coins, medals, etc. It is a branch of engraving, but involves turning, tempering, and the use of other tools besides the graver.

Digby

a small seaport of Nova Scotia, on St. Mary's Bay, reputed for its curing of a variety of small herrings or pilchards ("Nova Scotia sprats").

Digitaria

finger-grass, a genus of grasses so named from the digitate spikes. There are two species: D. sanguinalis, or cock's-foot finger-grass, and D. humifusa, smooth finger-grass.

Dinan

a town in the department of Côtes-du-Nord, France, situated on the Rance, 15 miles S. of Saint-Malo. It has an old castle, the cathedral of St.

Sauveur, and a valuable museum. manufactures include agricultural implements, linen, wooden goods, barges, cider and sugar. The town has relics going back to the Romans. Pop. about 12,000.

Dinka

a powerful tribe of Negritos who lived on both sides of the White Nile between lat. 6° and 12° N. Their territory covers 60,000 square miles.

They are intelligent, have some skill in making articles for household use, and also follow agriculture. Each village is governed by its own chief.

Diocese

the territorial district or we find some plain indications of the as early as the New Testament history rise of the diocesan system, in the cases respectively of James, Bishop of Jerusalem; Timothy, Bishop of Ephesus; Titus, of Crete; to whom may be added the angels or bishops of the Seven Churches ~ DINOSAUR

Diocletian

BATHS OF frontiers, and Roman power restored from Britain to Egypt. In 305, in conjunction with Maximian, he resigned the imperial dignity at Nicomedia, and retired to Salona in Dalmatia, where he died in 313. In the latter part of his reign he was induced to sanction a persecution of the Christians.

Diocletian

BATHS OF. See BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN.

Diomede Islands

a group of three small islands in Bering's Strait, and midway between Asia and America. DINOTHERIUM