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Definition of: pelota
(pe·lō′tə) noun
A game similar to handball, popular among Basques, Spaniards, and Spanish Americans: it is played in a court with a hard rubber ball and a long wicker-work gauntlet (cesta) attached to the player's wrist. See JAI ALAI. [<Sp., lit., a ball, aug. of pella <L pila]
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