- plural of scutum.
scuta
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The carina is straight and pointed, and not, relatively to the scuta, quite so long.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
From the appearance of the under surface of the scuta, it might readily have been thought, that there had been two adductor muscles.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In a specimen with a capitulum 2/10ths of an inch long, the scuta from point to point were 1/20th of an inch in length.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In the shape of the scuta and carina it comes nearest to S. vulgare.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The capitulum is much compressed, broad at the base, and extends a little beneath the basal segments of the scuta.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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