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SHIELD-BEARER

SHIELD-BEARER Shield "-bear `er, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.