A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
An old French gold coin.
A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)
The kneecap.
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
A scute.
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.