discal
Britishadjective
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Two of the leaves to which meat had not been given had their discal glands dry and much injured.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
A slender tongue must be directed obliquely from above into the spur, and it will enter the discal groove as a thread enters the eye of a needle.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
For the discal part, the direction of the induced electric current is the same in all, namely, from the circumference towards the centre.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Wings moderately broad, veins rather irregular; discal areolet large, quadrilateral; externo-medial veins, subanal vein, and anal vein very slight; subanal vein and anal vein united at some distance from the border.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Discal vein: Lepidoptera; the cross-vein closing the discal or median cell extends from radius 5 to media 1.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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