discocellular
adjEtymology From disco- + cellular.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Dated Pertaining to a discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
discocellular
nounEtymology From disco- + cellular.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
- Lower discocellular of hind wing not or very slightly longer, often much shorter than the middle discocellular, always straight, not angled; middle discocellular long, oblique and usually angled near its upper end.1901, Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius, On the Ethiopian Genera of the Family Striphnopterygidae, page 20:
- In this form the cell is said to be closed; however, if one or more of the discocellulars are absent, it is said to be open. The basal sections of the median vein have been lost in adult butterflies, [...]2016, Michael Braby, The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia, →ISBN, page 5: