scutum
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Is scutum a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.Romanhistorical
2. (zoology) A scute.
3. (zoology) A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)Examples: "A tick's eye, if present, is a mere roundish lucent area at the margin of the scutum about opposite the second coxa."
4. (zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
5. (anatomy) The kneecap.
name (English)
1. (astronomy) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.
Definition source: Wiktionary