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
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
A smooth discoidal stone, some 4 or 5 inches in diameter, and a wooden paddle are the instruments used to shape the bowl.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
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
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 Smith, John. B.
