Noun: scutum
| Singular | scutum |
| Plural | scuta; scutums |
Sample Sentences
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A tick's eye, if present, is a mere roundish lucent area at the margin of the scutum about opposite the second coxa. [2009, Dwight D. Bowman, Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians:]
Nouns inflected like scutum
septum,
sacrum,
scutum,
signum,
philtrum,
effluvium,
preferendum,
tricennium,
fenestrum,
prooemium,
pseudoperidium,
vomitorium,
gubernium,
protocerebrum,
addendum,
pallium,
pabulum,
refugium,
decorum,
fumigatorium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scūtum (“shield”). Doublet of escudo, scudo, scute, and écu. See: Latin Nouns '
scūtum'.