Definition of "scutum" in Englisch

noun

1. (historical, Roman antiquity) 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.

2. (zoology) A scute.

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

4. (zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

5. (anatomy) The kneecap.