discal
/ (ˈdɪskəl) /
biology zoology relating to or resembling a disc; disclike: discal cells
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The ear-tufts are brown, with some slight buff shading, the discal plumes being white marked with buff.
Extinct Birds | Walter RothschildThe conspicuous marks in the discal cell, usually black or blackish, are sometimes pale or dark reddish brown.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthThe discal black spot varies in size and in shape; often it is roundish, and sometimes it is crescent-like.
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard SouthIn these dwarfs the orange patch does not reach beyond the black discal spot, which in normal specimens it usually does.
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard SouthOccasionally an odd specimen with white discal spots is found in the south.
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard South
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