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discocellular
noun 1adj 1
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5ADJ.
long, lower, straight
VERB + DISCOCELLULAR
angled
DISCOCELLULAR + NOUN
hind, oblique
PREP.
than
ADV.
always
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noun
1
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.
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, [...]
adj
1
Pertaining to a discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
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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
Wiktionary02
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,
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