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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.
A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in
Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims
and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.
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{Diogenes' crab} (Zool.), a species of terrestrial hermit
crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies
and often destructive to crops.
{Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is
said to have carried about with him as his house, in which
he lived.
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