Discocellular
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Discocellular is a noun meaning (entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
Meaning
(entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
More Meanings
- (entomology, dated) Pertaining to a discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
Example Sentences
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, [...]
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.
Word Forms
- discocellulars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cell, discal, radius, discocyte, costa, discolith.
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