discal
Britishadjective
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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
Discoidal: relating to the disc, or middle = discal.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
"Note the anal angle of the secondaries and the argentiferous discal area bordering the subcostal nervule."
From Police!!! by Hutt, Henry
Wings rather long; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by hardly half its length from the border, and by rather more than its length from the præbrachial transverse.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
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