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Webster 1913 Edition

Pelta

‖

Pel′ta

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Peltæ
.
[L., a shield, fr. Gr.
πέλτη
.]
1.
(Antiq.)
A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
2.
(Bot.)
A flat apothecium having no rim.

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