Definitions from Wiktionary (Scutum)

▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (zoology) A scute.
▸ noun:  (zoology) A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)
▸ noun:  (zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) The kneecap.
▸ noun:  (astronomy) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.





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