Pelicoid

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

  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.


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

  Pelicoid \Pel"i*coid\, n.
     See {Pelecoid}.
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