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scuta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuta  \Scu"ta\,  n.  pl 
  See  {Scutum}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scutum  \Scu"tum\,  n.;  pl  {Scuta}.  [L.] 
  1.  (Rom.  Antiq.)  An  oblong  shield  made  of  boards  or 
  wickerwork  covered  with  leather,  with  sometimes  an  iron 
  rim;  --  carried  chiefly  by  the  heavy-armed  infantry. 
 
  2.  (O.  Eng.  Law)  A  penthouse  or  awning.  [Obs.]  --Burrill. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  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}. 
  b  One  of  the  two  lower  valves  of  the  operculum  of  a 
  barnacle.