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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deltoid \Del"toid\, a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta
the name of the letter [Delta] + e'i^dos form: cf F.
delto["i]de. See {Delta}.]
Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta-shaped;
triangular.
{Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with
the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
{Deltoid muscle} (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder
which serves to move the arm directly upward.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deltoid
adj : of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at
the apex
n : a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and
serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
[syn: {deltoid muscle}, {musculus deltoideus}]
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