discoidal

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Again and again she moistens her paddle and discoidal stone, and continues the spanking process until the entire bowl of the pot is shaped.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

I shall close this communication by a notice of certain discoidal stones occasionally found in the mounds of the United States.

From Some Observations on the Ethnography and Archaeology of the American Aborigines by Morton, Samuel George

P. psittacinum                 OOO Grey or white, iridescent betimes.                     o Sporangia white, discoidal; stipe yellow 32.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

This is a beautiful species, easily known by its discoidal or almost annulate sporangia mounted upon short dark black stipes.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Occasionally a tail-like appendage is added to the under side of these discoidal heads, suggesting the tadpole figures upon the sacred water vessels of the Pueblo Indians.

From Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436 by Holmes, William Henry