Noun: alloscutum
| Singular | alloscutum |
| Plural | alloscuta |
Sample Sentences
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Powerful muscle groups are also present in the alloscutum of the female, nymphal, and larval Ixodid ticks, through which the tick is able to redistribute the centre of gravity and regain an upright position when it falls into an upside-down position. [2008, Heinz Mehlhorn, Encyclopedia of Parasitology, →ISBN:]
Nouns inflected like alloscutum
meroplasmodium,
paleostriatum,
urodeum,
siphonium,
cladodium,
apogalacticum,
surrogatum,
siglum,
accubitum,
endoplasmic reticulum,
microsclerotium,
xystum,
archipterygium,
pleiochasium,
tripudium,
endosporium,
xenium,
separatum,
viscidium,
zoœcium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) and from Latin scūtum (“shield”). See: Latin Nouns '
scūtum'.