discoidal
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"Maybe that discoidal shape is some sort of reference to the Sun, who knows?," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
It differs from Physarella in the apparently constant discoidal shape, absence of trabecules, etc.
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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
The illustrations of discoidal stones on page 263 are from the "North Americans of Antiquity," p.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
Placenta deciduate and dome-like, composed of an aggregation of numerous discoidal lobes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
Triangle: in Odonata: a small, triangular cell at the junction of cubitus with cubitus 1: a similar cell adjoining it basally is the internal triangle discoidal triangle: cardinal cell; q.v.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
