noun anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
2. discoid ·adj having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
noun anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
2. discoid ·adj having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012