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Planorbis :: Planorbis (n.) Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to Planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form..

Discoid :: Discoid (a.) Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus..

Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..

Discoid :: Discoid (n.) Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell..

Discoidal :: Discoidal (a.) Disk-shaped; discoid.

Discous :: Discous (a.) Disklike; discoid.

Discolith :: Discolith (n.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter..

Disciform :: Disciform (a.) Discoid.

Disciflorous :: Disciflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

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