dicotles

[Gr. dis =twice, and kotyle =a cavity.] [PECCARY.] Zool.: A genus of Swine [SUIDE (q.v.)], familiarly known as Peccaries, confined to the American continent and ranging from Paraguay as far north as Texas and Arkansas. The Dicotyles differ from other swine in the number and shape of the teeth, in having only three toes on each hind foot, and in po e ing a glandular opening in the loins, secreting a fetid humor; for the rest they are not unlike small pigs, either in appearance or habits, and are gregarious, generally occurring in small flocks. Two species of Peccary are known-the Common, or Collared Peccary ( Dicotyles torquatus ), and the White-Lipped Peccary (D. labiatus ). The latter, which is the larger and more ferocious of the two, is confined to the forests of South America. di-crăn-ā-çě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. dicran (um), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] Bot .: A family of apocarpous operculate Mo es, branching by innovations, or with the tops of the fertile branches several times divided. The leaves are lanceolate or subulate; cells prosenchymatous, rarely papillose; capsule oval or cylindrical, arched or straight.