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Discogaster
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul disco- disc from mul la discus and mul grc δίσκος γᾰστήρ grc stomach.
sense 1 mul Q60969 1835.
sense 2 mul Q19260321 1934.
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Coreidae certain true bugs
mul Cochrus genus Leptornytus genus deprecated
mul obsolete genus family Faustulidae family mul Paradiscogaster genus; certain flatworms
Usage notes
Sense 2 was deprecated because of the already-existing sense 1, both of which developed independently by the same etymology.
Not to be confused with †Discoaster genus, a genus of bikonts.
Derived terms
from sense 1
Discogastrini tribe
from sense 2
Discogasteroides genus
Discogastroides genus
Paradiscogaster genus
See also
sense 1
Q64410285 1
mul True bugs Flatworms