Shield-bearer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shield-bearer \Shield"-bear`er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
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     2. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus {Aspidisca}, whose
        larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits


        of leaves.
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