diatryma

[ Gr.dia =through, and tryma =a hole (?).] Palæont.: A genus of Cursorial Birds. Diatryma gigantea is twice as large as the Ostrich. It is described by Profe or Cope from remains of it the Eocene of New Mexico. (Nicholson.) *di-âu-lon, s. [Gr. diaulos .] Greek Antiq .: A race-course, the circuit of which was two stadía, or 1,200 feet, whence it was used to signify a measure of two stadia. *di-a-zeū-tic, *di-a-zeūc'-tic, a . [Gr. diazeuk tikos = disjunctive: dia = between, apart, and zeugnymi to join.] Disjoining, disjunctive. diazeutic-tone, s. Music : A tone which lay between two tetrachords, as the modern F to G. If They allowed to this diazeutic - tone , which is our La, Mi, the proportion of nine to eight."- Harris.