(n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
(n.) A flat apothecium having no rim.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the latter, a pelta consisting of horizontal microtubulus surrounding the kinetoplats from which started the flagella was also found.
(2) The anterior end of the cell had a blepharoplast complex which consisted of three parts, i.e., periflagellar canal, C-shaped structure of the pelta in the wall of periflagellar canal and five blepharoplasts.
(3) The interphase microtubular pattern, characterized by an axostyle, a pelta, four anterior flagella, and a recurrent flagellum, displayed remarkable changes at the onset of mitosis: the axostyle disappeared, and two pole bodies connected by a short spindle became evident; chromosomal fibers arose while pole-to-pole fibers elongated.