discus

n., pl., -cus·es.

1. Sports.
   1. A disk, typically wooden or plastic with a metal rim, that is thrown for distance in athletic competitions.
   2. A track-and-field event in which a discus is thrown.
2. A small, brilliantly colored South American freshwater fish (Symphysodon discus) that has a disk-shaped body and is popular in home aquariums.
3. Something resembling a flat circular plate; a disk.
4. Botany. See disk (sense 5).

[Latin. See disk.]

Pl. disci [L.]
1. see disk.
2. vernacular term for the fish Symphysodon discus;

• d. oophorus — see cumulus oophorus.
• d. ovigerus — see cumulus oophorus.
• d. proligerus — see cumulus oophorus.

IN BRIEF: n. - A disk used in throwing competitions; An athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible.

Tutor's tip: Athletes might "discuss" (to consider a matter by) the "discous" (resembling a disk) shape of a frisbee as well as how to throw a "discus" (a heavy disk thrown in athletic events) properly.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - diskos

Nederlands (Dutch)
discus, discuswerpen

Français (French)
n. - disque, lanceur de disque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Diskuswerfen, Diskus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλητ.) δίσκος (δισκοβολίας)

Italiano (Italian)
disco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - disco (Desp.)

Русский (Russian)
диск

Español (Spanish)
n. - disco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sport. diskus

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
铁饼, 掷铁饼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鐵餅, 擲鐵餅

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (경기용) 원반

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 円盤, 円盤投げ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قرص معدني ثقيل يرمى كاختبار للقوة ( نوع من الرياضه), مباراة رمي القرص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דיסקוס‬

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