Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of brachiopods having an orbicular shell, representing the family Orbiculidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Same as
discina .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
discina .
Etymologies
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Diminutive of orbicle.
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Examples
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{60} In the Cumbrian limestone occur "calamoporae, lithodendra, cyathophylla, and orbicula."
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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P.fol. obloDguifculis obtulis, brafteia orbicula -
Caroli a Linné ... Systema vegetabilivm secvndvm classes, ordines, genera, species cvm characteribvs et differentiis. Editio decima quarta praecedente longe avctior et correctior cvrante Io. Andrea Mvrray .. Murray, Johann Andreas, 1740-1791 1784
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