scutum
noun
scutum
American
[skyoo-tuhm]
/ ˈskju təm /
noun
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scuta,
plural
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Scuti
genitive
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Zoology. scute.
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a large, oblong shield used by the heavy legionaries of ancient Rome.
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(initial capital letter) the Shield, a southern constellation north of Sagittarius and east of Aquila, containing a small, very bright star cloud.
scutum
1
British
/ ˈskjuːtəm /
noun
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the middle of three plates into which the notum of an insect's thorax is divided
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another word for scute
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a large Roman shield
Scutum
2
British
/ ˈskjuːtəm /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of scutum
First recorded in 1765–75; from Latin scūtum “shield”
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Found globally, these insects are named for their outsized scutellum, from the Latin word scutum, meaning shield.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 23, 2018
The company was named using the Latin aqua and scutum, meaning water shield, and its grey Aquascutum raincoats were worn during the Crimean war by British army officers.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2011
The tergum, measured in a straight line, equals in length two thirds of the occludent segment of the scutum, the handle being rather narrower than this same segment.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Shields in Heraldic language are called Escutcheons or Scutcheons, from the Latin word scutum.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
A scutum of the largest specimen was 17/1000ths in length.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Some stars, like UY Scuti, an extreme red hypergiant in the constellation Scutum, have a radius 1,700 times our sun, which could fit inside it almost 5 billion times.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023
The Scutum Constellation guards the Wild Duck Cluster, a collection of stars that resembles a flock of ducks.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
Sagittarius and its neighbor, the small but rich constellation Scutum Sobieskii, attract us next.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
The Romans had the Ancile, the Scutum, the Clypeus, the Parma, the Cetra, and others; but none of these approached the shape of the lozenge.
From Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
Passing near to the region covered by map No. 13, we find the remaining portions of the constellations Sagittarius and Scutum Sobieskii.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
In some specimens, the scuta are very imperfectly calcified, and consist of several quite separate beads of calcareous matter of irregular shape, held together by tough brown membrane.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Complemental Male, attached externally, between the scuta and below the adductor muscle; pedunculated; capitulum formed of six valves, with the carina descending far beneath the basal angle of the terga; mouth and cirri prehensile.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Valves 5, approximate; scuta with their umbones in the middle of the occludent margin; carina rectangularly bent, extending up between the terga, with the basal end simply concave.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
Orifice not protuberant, equalling two thirds of the length of the capitulum: scuta horny.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Oklahoma teen Willis "Blue Scuti" Gibson claimed to be the first to ever beat the game earlier this year when he reached level 157 in 38 minutes before it crashed.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
The teenager - who goes by the name of Blue Scuti on YouTube - has played the game since he was 11, and has competed in several gaming tournaments.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
Some stars, like UY Scuti, an extreme red hypergiant in the constellation Scutum, have a radius 1,700 times our sun, which could fit inside it almost 5 billion times.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023
Compared to UY Scuti, our favorite star is a speck of dust.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023
Astronomers have decoded the inner pulsations of a class of stars called δ Scuti by precisely tracking how their brightness evolves in time.
From Nature ● May 13, 2020
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