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scutum
[ skyoo-tuhm ]
noun
plural: scuta [skyoo, -t, uh] genitive: Scuti [skoo, -tahy].
- Zoology. scute ( def 1 ).
- a large, oblong shield used by the heavy legionaries of ancient Rome.
- genitive Scuti [skoo, -tahy]. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Shield, a southern constellation north of Sagittarius and east of Aquila, containing a small, very bright star cloud.
Scutum
1/ ˈskjuːtəm /
noun
- a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Sagittarius and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way Also calledScutum Sobieskiisɒˈbjɛskɪ
scutum
2/ ˈskjuːtəm /
noun
- the middle of three plates into which the notum of an insect's thorax is divided
- another word for scute
- a large Roman shield
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scutum1
First recorded in 1765–75; from Latin scūtum “shield”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scutum1
Latin, literally: the Shield
Origin of scutum2
Latin: shield
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Example Sentences
And as four virgates went usually to each hide, so each virgate should contribute 116 of a scutum.
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Among the several constellations one notes certain modern names such as “Scutum Subiescianum.”
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The scutum and tergum, with the few exceptions above stated, are articulated together at a large or open angle.
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Scutum and tergum articulated together, or overlapping each other; each branchia composed of a single plicated fold.
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Finally, the whole valve, in proportion to the Scutum, is rather broader.
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