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scu·tum
/ˈskutəm, ˈskju-/
長形盾,鱗甲,膝蓋骨
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Scu·tum
n.
;
pl
.
Scuta
1.
Rom. Antiq.
An
oblong
shield
made
of
boards
or
wickerwork
covered
with
leather
,
with
sometimes
an
iron
rim
; --
carried
chiefly
by
the
heavy-armed
infantry
.
2.
O.
Eng
. Law
A
penthouse
or
awning
. [
Obs
.]
3.
Zool.
(a)
The
second
and
largest
of
the
four
parts
forming
the
upper
surface
of
a
thoracic
segment
of
an
insect
.
It
is
preceded
by
the
prescutum
and
followed
by
the
scutellum
.
See
the
Illust
.
under
Thorax
.
(b)
One
of
the
two
lower
valves
of
the
operculum
of
a
barnacle
.
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