Diogenes

2 definitions found

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

  Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.
     A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in
     Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims
     and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Diogenes' crab} (Zool.), a species of terrestrial hermit
        crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies
        and often destructive to crops.
  
     {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is
        said to have carried about with him as his house, in which
        he lived.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Diogenes
       n : an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social
           conventions (circa 400-325 BC)