scuta

American

[skyoo-tuh] / ˈskyu tə /

noun

plural of scutum.

scuta British

/ ˈskjuːtə /

noun

the plural of scutum

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Scutig′erous, provided with a scute or scuta; Scū′tiped, having the shanks scaly, of birds.

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Germania, 6, "scuta tantum lectissimis coloribus distinguunt."

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Affinities.—This species is allied to P. eburnea in the rudimentary condition of its terga; in the disc-shaped basal end of its carina; and in the presence in some specimens, of a fissure-like line on the scuta parallel to their occludent margins.

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Terga like a battle-axe, with the edge crenated and a spike behind; the handle narrower than the occludent segment of the scuta.

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Valv� 2 ad 5, minut�, inter se remot�: scuta bi-aut tri-lobata, umbonibus in medio marginis occludentis positis: carina arcuata, terminis utrinque p�ne similibus.

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