Scutum Definition

skyo͝otəm
scuta
noun
The long, wooden shield carried by infantrymen in the Roman legions.
Webster's New World
A scute.
American Heritage Medicine
A heavy, horny scale, as on certain reptiles and insects; scute.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
A small S constellation between Aquila and Sagittarius.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.

Wiktionary

Origin of Scutum

  • Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687; from Latin scÅ«tum (“shield"). The original name given was Scutum Sobiescianum (Sobieski's Shield) in commemoration of the victory of the Polish, Austrian, and German forces led by the Polish king Jan III Sobieski at the battle of Vienna.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin scūtum shield skei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin scÅ«tum (“shield").

    From Wiktionary

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