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Their thin long disc-like bodies fluttering about maybe a long tentacle slowly titillating my arm or cheek or eyelid as I pretended to sleep.
Getting Put On Melissa Ann Chadburn 2011
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The first delicate pastel-green leaves on the seedlings of these mighty trees are borne on shoots that spring up through the centre of broad, dark green, disc-like cotyledons.
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I saw many variations of this snack, some that looked like pita breads and some that more closely resembled large disc-like donuts.
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Due to conservation of angular momentum, gas falling into the gravitational well created by a massive object will typically form a disc-like structure around the object.
Extra-Galactic Whopper Black Hole Breaks Distance Record | Universe Today 2010
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As you drive by, the shimmering blue disc-like structure, which seems to float on top of its vast green lawn, looks more like a flying saucer than a building.
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Most of the smaller branches had small disc-like swellings along their length, and several of these had developed holes within the swellings.
The Last of the Wilds Canavan, Trudi 2006
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Scoring a bullseye on a thrown weapon such as throwing an opponent's disc-like helm as a frisbee causes the camera to go into a missile-cam mode as your shot flies towards its unfortunate target.
Archive 2006-09-01 Greg Tannahill 2006
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Scoring a bullseye on a thrown weapon such as throwing an opponent's disc-like helm as a frisbee causes the camera to go into a missile-cam mode as your shot flies towards its unfortunate target.
Tokyo Game Show - Day 3 Greg Tannahill 2006
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So upset was the prisoner that the tips of the tentacles that lined the protruding, disc-like upper third of the educator's body had withdrawn in upon themselves.
Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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He pointed to the viewscreen where a pate disc-like object had become visible, its diameter was still very small.
Plasma Monster Mahr, Kurt 1976
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