scuta

[ skyoo-tuh ]

noun

1. plural of scutum.

scuta

/ ˈskjuːtə /

noun

1. See scutum
   the plural of scutum

Example Sentences

Operculum, or opercular valves.These consist of a pair of scuta and a pair of terga.

From Project Gutenberg

Cirripedia without a peduncle; scuta and terga furnished with depressor muscles; other valves united immoveably together.

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Altogether the scuta and terga are attached, as far as muscles are concerned, to the shell and sack, by three longitudinal pairs.

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This articulation of the scuta and terga is prefigured amongst the Lepadid, in Pollicipes mitella, and in Lithotrya.

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In shape the scuta are generally sub-triangular; but in some species of Pyrgoma and in Chelonobia, &c. they are much elongated.

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