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pelecoid
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pelecoid, n. [Gr. pe`lekys a hatchet + -oid.].
A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants. Math. Dict. [1913 Webster]
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