PELOTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pelota mean? 

• PELOTA (noun)
  The noun PELOTA has 1 sense:

1. a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket

  Familiarity information: PELOTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELOTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jai alai; pelota

Hypernyms ("pelota" is a kind of...):

court game (an athletic game played on a court)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes protein pelota homolog, may play a role in RNA degradation and cell division.

(PELO wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)