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1. <botany> A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.
2. <marine biology> A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. = twice + a house.
(19 Mar 1998)
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