Didonia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Didonia \Di*do"ni*a\, n. [NL. So called in allusion to the
     classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.] (Geom.)
     The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter
     contains the greatest area. --Tait. Didrachm