单词：scutum
音标：['skju:tәm] ；
n. 长形盾, 鳞甲
[医] 鼓室盾板, 甲状软骨, 髌骨, 盾片(昆虫)
[医] 鼓室盾板, 甲状软骨, 髌骨, 盾片(昆虫)
n. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with
leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the
heavy-armed infantry.
n. A penthouse or awning.
n. 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.
n. One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the
heavy-armed infantry.
n. A penthouse or awning.
n. 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.
n. One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
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