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discal

British  
/ ˈdɪskəl /

adjective

  1. biology zoology relating to or resembling a disc; disclike

    discal cells

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bits of meat were then given them, and next day they were well inflected; notwithstanding that some of the discal glands had been rendered almost colourless.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

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

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 long, narrow; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than half its length from the border, and by nearly twice its length from the præbrachial transverse.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

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