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Look up: Scutum


  1. Scutum
    [shield] Scutum (əm; plural scuta) is the Latin word for "shield", although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semi-cylindrical body shield carried by Roman legionaries. ==History== In the days of Ancient Rome, Roman soldiers often bore round shi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutum_(shield)

  2. Scutum
    ==History== Scutum is the only constellation that owes its name to a non-classical historical figure. It was created in 1684 by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (Jan Heweliusz), who originally named it Scutum Sobiescianum (Shield of Sobieski) to commemorate the victory of the Polish forces led b...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutum

  3. Scutum
    Large, anteriodorsal sclerite on a tick or mite.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Scutum
    English name: The Shield. Genitive name: Scuti. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    Found op http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronomy/tables02.htm

  5. scutum
    The original shield (scutum) was oval, however, early in the 1st century AD, the top and bottom was squared off. Subsequently the shield, made of laminated plywood, became rectangular in shape. It was constructed by criss-crossing and glueing layers of planks together, much like plywood, and was tri...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  6. Scutum
    Shield.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20764

  7. Scutum
    Scu'tum noun ; plural Scuta . [ Latin ] 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/43

  8. scutum
    Origin: L. ... 1. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. ... 2. A penthouse or awning. ... 3. <zoology> The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?scutum

  9. scutum
    (sku´tәm) scute. a protective covering or shield, such as a plate of chitin in the exoskeleton of hard ticks.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001



  1. Scutum
    • (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.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. • (n.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper s...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scutum/

  2. scutum
    scutum A curved rectangular shield.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4182/2

  3. Scutum
    A hard, often shiny, sclerotized plate on the abdomen of some spiders.
    Found op http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Spiderglossary.htm

  4. Scutum
    (abbr. Sct, gen. Scuti) The Shield; a small southern constellation, one of seven added by Hevelius, which honors the Polish king John Sobieski for his defense of Vienna in 1683. It lies southwest of Ophiuchus and southeast of Aquila, 10° south of the celestial equator. Its b...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/Sct.html

  5. Scutum
    The scutum was a large rectangular Roman shield.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/FS.HTM

  6. scutum
    Type: Term Pronunciation: skū′tŭm, -tă Definitions: 1. In ixodid (hard) ticks, a plate that largely or entirely covers the dorsum of the male and forms an anterior shield behind the capitulum of the female or immature ticks. Synonyms: scute
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=80444

  7. SCUTUM
    The hard "shield" present on the back of a hard tick.
    Found op http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=S

  8. SCUTUM
    (Tympanic scute)The bony division between the upper portion of the tympanic cavity and the mastoid cells.
    Found op http://rad.usuhs.edu/rad/iong/glossary/glosss.html

  9. scutum
    1) The scutum was a large oblong roman shield
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/scutum/1

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