Crossword clues for scutum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scutum \Scu"tum\, n.; pl. Scuta. [L.]
(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.
(O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [Obs.]
--Burrill.-
(Zo["o]l.)
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.
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical Roman antiquity English) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army. 2 (context zoology English) A scute. 3 (context zoology English) In many contexts a shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick 4 (context zoology English) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. 5 (context obsolete English) A penthouse or awning.
Wikipedia
Scutum is a small constellation introduced in the seventeenth century. Its name is Latin for shield.
Scutum (; plural scuta; ) is the Latin word for shield, although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semi- cylindrical body shield carried by Roman legionaries. Historically, Roman shields were of varying types depending on the role of the soldier who carried it. Oval, circular and rectangular shields were used throughout Roman history.
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Scutum is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 盾牌座 (dùn pái zuò), meaning "the shield constellation".
Usage examples of "scutum".
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His left arm held the large and heavy scutum, the shield of the legionnaire that reached almost from neck to ankles, made of glue-laminated wood, but with a heavy iron boss in the center in the image of the Medusa, and metal edges.
I killed the snake and found that he had 176 scuta on the abdomen and 17 half-formed scuta on the tail.
Gaius Philippus shouted, and scuta went up over the legionaries' heads to turn the hurtling darts.
Their shortswords stabbed past the Vides sians' defenses, while their large scuta turned blow after blow.