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- 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.
- Scutum - n. - A penthouse or awning.
- Scutum - n. - 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.
- Scutum - n. - One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- Mesoscutum - n. - The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.