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Merriam Webster's

noun (plural scuta) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, shield — more at esquire Date: 1771 a bony, horny, or chitinous plate ; scute

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. scuta) each of the shieldlike plates or scales forming the bony covering of a crocodile, sturgeon, turtle, armadillo, etc. Derivatives: scutal adj. scutate adj. Etymology: L, = oblong shield

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.