diprion

[Gr. dis =twice, twofold, and priōn =a saw.] IMG:content-2571.png:[blocks in formation] ODON.] Zool .: A primary group of the Marsupial i a, consisting of genera which have only two lower incisors, the canines rudimentary or wanting, and the molars generally with broad grinding crowns. It contains the Macropod i dae (Kangaroos), the Phalangist ide (Phalangers), . dip-sā-çě-æ, dip-sa-ca-çě-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. dipsac( us ), the typical genus, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- acee .], Bot.: The Teazel family, a natural order of exogenous plants, consisting of herbs or undershrubs, with opposite or verticillate leaves, and capitate or verticillate flowers, surrounded by a many-leaved involucre. They are found in the south of Europe, the Levant, and the Cape of Good Hope. Lindley enumerates six genera and 160 species.