scutum
see also: Scutum
Noun
Scutum
Proper noun
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see also: Scutum
Noun
scutum (plural scuta)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
- (zoology) A scute.
- (zoology) A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)
- (zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- (anatomy) The kneecap.
Scutum
Proper noun
- (constellation) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.
- French: Écu de Sobieski
- German: Schild
- Italian: Scudo
- Russian: Щит
- Spanish: Scutum
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