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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shield-bearer \Shield"-bear`er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
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   2. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose
      larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits
      of leaves.
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