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scute


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scute  \Scute\,  n.  [L.  scutum  a  shield,  a  buckler.  See  {Scudo}.] 
  1.  A  small  shield.  [Obs.]  --Skelton. 
 
  2.  An  old  French  gold  coin  of  the  value  of  3s.  4d.  sterling, 
  or  about  80  cents. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  bony  scale  of  a  reptile  or  fish;  a  large 
  horny  scale  on  the  leg  of  a  bird,  or  on  the  belly  of  a 
  snake. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scute 
  n  :  large  bony  or  horny  plate  as  on  an  armadillo  or  turtle 




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