'Pelecoid' definitions:

Definition of 'Pelecoid'

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  • Pelecoid \Pel"e*coid\, n. [Gr. pe`lekys a hatchet + -oid.] (Geom.) 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. [Written also pelicoid.] --Math. Dict. [1913 Webster]