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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, noun 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.
{Diogenes' crab} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Diogenes
noun: an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
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