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Etymology

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sub- +‎ discoidal

Adjective

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subdiscoidal (not comparable)

  1. posterior to a discoidal region
    • 2015 July 23, “Parascolymia (Scleractinia: Lobophylliidae) in the Central Paratethys Sea (Vienna Basin, Austria) and its possible biogeographic implications”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The corallum is generally turbinate, but shows a wide variation ranging from subdiscoidal or patellate forms to thick cylindrical columns [29 ,37 ].