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DIOECIA
1. A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on various plants.
2. A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the bigmarine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. = twice + a home.