scutum

scutum definitions

noun
  • 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. 

  • A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)