discobolus

[Lat., from Gr. diskobolos, from diskos =a quoit, and ballo =to throw.] 1. Cla . Antiq .: A thrower of a quoit; a quoit player; specifically: the name given to the famous Greek statue of the Quoit-thrower, preserved among the Townley Marbles in the British Museum. 2. ( Pl .) Ichthy .: A name given by Cuvier to his third family of soft-finned teleostean fishes, having the ventral fins under the pectoral. The name is derived from the ventral fins forming a disk on the under surface of the body, by which the fishes are enabled to catch hold on the points of rocks. [CYCLOPTERUS.]