digression
- n a message that departs from the main subject
- n a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
a digression into irrelevant details - n wandering from the main path of a journey
digs
- n an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
- n temporary living quarters
- n the site of an archeological exploration
- n an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- n a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
- n the act of digging
- n the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- v turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- v create by digging
- v work hard
- v remove, harvest, or recover by digging
- v thrust down or into
- v remove the inner part or the core of
- v poke or thrust abruptly
- v get the meaning of something
dihybrid
- n a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
dihybrid cross
- n hybridization using two traits with two alleles each