Discophora

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

Proper noun

Discophora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – the duffer butterflies of Asia.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Stemonuraceae – trees of the New World tropics.

Proper noun

Discophora

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – a taxon broadly equivalent to modern Scyphozoa.
  2. (obsolete) A taxonomic subclass within the class Scyphozoa – a paraphyletic taxon of varying composition, but usually Semaeostomeae and Rhizostomae.
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