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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped. · A crescent-shaped design used in mosaics. · A flat apothecium with no rim. · A crescent-shaped sheet of microtubules that encircles the base of the flagella of a protozoan.
From Latin pelta, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē, “shield”).
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