English Dictionary

scutum

/ˈskjuːtəm/

noun

(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.

The Roman soldiers used scutum as a shield in battles.

意味（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.

意味（2）

(zoology) A scute.

意味（3）

(zoology) A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)

A tick's eye, if present, is a mere roundish lucent area at the margin of the scutum about opposite the second coxa.

意味（4）

(zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

意味（5）

(anatomy) The kneecap.