diogenes : Idioms & Phrases


Diogenes' crab

  • (Zoöl.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops.
Webster 1913

Diogenes' tub

  • the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.
Webster 1913