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peltae

peltae


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pelta  \Pel"ta\,  n.;  pl  {Pelt[ae]}.  [L.,  a  shield,  fr  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Antiq.)  A  small  shield,  especially  one  of  an 
  approximately  elliptic  form  or  crescent-shaped. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  flat  apothecium  having  no  rim.