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scutum

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scu·tum  (skytm)
n. pl. scu·ta (-t)
See scute.

[Latin sctum, shield; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

scutum [ˈskjuːtəm]
n pl -ta [-tə]
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the middle of three plates into which the notum of an insect's thorax is divided
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) another word for scute
3. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a large Roman shield
[Latin: shield]

Scutum [ˈskjuːtəm]
n Latin genitive Scuti [ˈskjuːtaɪ]
(Astronomy) a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Sagittarius and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way Also called Scutum Sobieskii [sɒˈbjɛskɪ]
[Latin, literally: the Shield]


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No definite signs of erosion of the ossicles were visible, although the mass surrounded the incus, part of the malleus, and extended into Prussak's space without eroding the scutum.
Further N in Scutum the Shield is M11, a much tighter open cluster at a distance of some 6,200ly.
 
 
 
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