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    Peltast (redirect from Pelta)
    crescent-shaped wicker shield called a "pelte" (Ancient Greek πέλτη, peltē; Latin: pelta) as their main protection, hence their name. According to Aristotle, the...
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  • coat of arms. The current diplomatic emblem of France incorporates the pelta escutcheon, a wide form of shield (or gorget) with a small animal head pointing...
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    Lottia pelta, common name the shield limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae. It is still...
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  • Dichomeris pelta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1986. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded...
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    side (one of whom has been lost), to the cornucopia entangled with a pelta. The pelta is decorated with eagles' heads and a Gorgoneion as symbols of the...
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    to a government subsidy scandal and the arrest of FAČR chairman Miroslav Pelta [cs], ePojisteni.cz terminated the contract prematurely in May 2017. The...
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    Beetham (redirect from Pelta Medical Papers)
    acquired by Inspirit Capital from BillerudKorsnäs and renamed Pelta Medical Papers, the word Pelta deriving from the Greek word for a light-weight shield carried...
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    Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2019. Pelta-Pauls, Maggie (April 28, 2017). "Old Bay was Created in Baltimore by a German-Jewish...
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  • uncontroversially known to be sarissa-wielding hoplites with bronze shields (the pelta and aspis). In this possibility, they were probably only mustered when the...
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    accompanied by Golgi stacks. The pelta is a sheet of microtubules that curve around the flagellar bases. Posterior to the pelta is the axostyle, is a bundle...
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