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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deltoid \Del"toid\, a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta the name of the letter [Delta] + e'i^dos form: cf F. delto["i]de. See {Delta}.] Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta-shaped; triangular. {Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base. {Deltoid muscle} (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder which serves to move the arm directly upward. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deltoid adj : of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex n : a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm [syn: {deltoid muscle}, {musculus deltoideus}]
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