Diatryma (diatrima), na)

[NL., diaulos (di-a'los), n.; pl. diauli (-lī). [ Besides the foot-race in which the course was traversed only once, there were now the diaulos or double course and the "long" foot-race (dolichos). Encyc. Brit ., XVII. 766. 3. An ancient Greek itinerary measure, the equivalent of two stadia. diaxon (di-ak's on), a. and n. [ II. n. A sponge-spicule with two axes. diaxon i a (di-ak-sō'ni-ä), n . pl . [1 [NL., as diaxon + -ia .] Sponge-spicules having two axes. When one of the rays of this triact spicule becomes rudimentary, Diazonia can theoretically be produced. It is however advantageous to consider the diaxon spicules as part of the Triaxon i a. Von Lendenfeld, Proc. Zoöl. Soc., 1886, p. 560. diazeuctic (di-a-zūk'tik), a. [Also improp. dia zeutic; diazeuctic.