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didymos

didymos is the alternative form of didymus.

Meaning of didymus

Noun

didymus (plural didymi)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A testis.
    • But before you move aside the pubic bone look at the two didymi from the substance of the peritoneum, passing in the groin above the pubic bone on the right and left.1975, Levi Robert Lind, Studies in pre-Vesalian anatomy: biography, translations, documents

Proper noun capitalized: Didymos

Didymos

  1. The small binary Near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. Its tiny moon is Dimorphos
    Synonyms:
    1996 GT, 65803 Didymos

Synonyms of didymos

  • 1996 GT
  • 65803 Didymos

Forms of didymos

pluraldidymoi

Origin of didymos

From Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos) Literally, “twin”, named for being a double asteroid.

Questions about didymos

What does didymos mean?
Didymos means the small binary Near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. Its tiny moon is Dimorphos.
What is didymos the alternative form of?
Didymos is the alternative form of didymus.
What part of speech is didymos?
Didymos is a proper noun.

Words near didymos in the dictionary

  1. didymocarpoid
  2. didymocarpoids
  3. didymoconid
  4. didymoconids
  5. didymoi
  6. didymos
  7. didymospore
  8. didymospores
  9. didymosporous
  10. Didymoteicho
  11. didymous

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