postdiscal

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adjective

Relating to an area of an insect's wing or elytron beyond the discal part

OriginEnglish discal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French disque →
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Meanings

adjectivepostdiscal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to an area of an insect's wing or elytron beyond the discal part

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  8. Latindiscu
  9. Frenchdisque
  10. Englishdisc
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishdiscal
  14. Englishpostdiscal

From post- + discal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with postdiscal

fiscalmeniscaldiscalinterdiscalintradiscalintrameniscalparameniscalretrodiscalsubdiscal
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APA

postdiscal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdiscal

MLA

“postdiscal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdiscal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postdiscal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postdiscal.

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