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Webster 1913 Edition


Dicyemata


Diˊcy-e′ma-ta

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
δι-
=
δίσ-
twice + [GREEK] an embryo.]
(Zool.)
An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.