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Definition: DIOTA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Diota" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diota \Di*o"ta\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression two-handled; di- di`s- twice + ear, handle.]. (references)


Extended Definition: DIOTA


Diota

Diota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Diota

Diota is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.

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