pelecoid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέλεκῠς (pélekus, “axe, hatchet”) + -oid.

Adjective

pelecoid (comparative more pelecoid, superlative most pelecoid)

1. Hatchet-shaped.
   • 1873 January, “Our Noses”, in The Aldine, volume VI, number 1, New York, N.Y.: James Sutton & Co., Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 2:

     He whom nature has supplied with a pelecoid nose is as cold, keen and sharp as the hatchet after which it was modeled. He is generally a dyspeptic, and hates people.

   • 1907, A[rthur] J[ohn] Fynn, The American Indian as a Product of Environment: With Special Reference to the Pueblos, Boston, M.A.: Little, Brown, and Company, page 215:

     Two more rows like the ones already constructed, except as to color, complete the pattern, which, when finished, forms a pleasing array of orderly pelecoid figures.

   • 1965, Albert Christian Revi, American Cut and Engraved Glass, Nashville, T.N., New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, page 179:

     The leading feature of the "Valencian" pattern consists of the large central figure having radiating lines representing extending and withdrawing rays; there are also pelecoid figures, and double-pointed figures between the pelecoids.