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Definition of Discina
1. Noun. Any fungus of the genus Discina.
Definition of Discina
1. n. A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.
Definition of Discina
1. Noun. (zoology) Any member of the branchiopod genus ''Discina''. ¹
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Medical Definition of Discina
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Discina
Literary usage of Discina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum by Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1857)
"discina Cumingii, Davidsons Class, of Brach. in Brit. Fos. Brach. vol. ip 129.
This shell is the Pacific analogue of D. striata, which probably belongs to ..."
2. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1902)
"discina (fig. 67).—Shell minutely punctate, composed mostly of horny matter. ...
In its usual wider sense, discina is Cambrian to Recent. Crania (fig. 68). ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1871)
"... AND discina. By EDWARD S. MORSE, of Salem, Mass. As many of the facts were
referred to more particularly in his communication on the "Brachiopoda as a ..."
4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1869)
"PEZIZA (discina) MACROCALYX, Riess; A NEW BRITISH FUNGUS. BY WORTHINGTON G.
SMITH, ESQ., FLS (PLATES XCVIII. and XCIX.) This fine Pez,za was found by my ..."
5. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1825)
"... and discina. By JE Gray, Esq. FGS. &c. (To the Editors of the Annals of
Philosophy.) GENTLEMEN, British Museum, Sept. 12, 1825. LIMN. ..."
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