disciform

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) +‎ -form

Adjective

disciform (comparative more disciform, superlative most disciform)

1. (botany) Having a flat, rounded shape.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:

     The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk […] , and is sessile on the calyptra base […]

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• formicids