SCUTUM
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
S(1) C(3) U(1) T(1) U(1) M(3)
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Definition
noun
- An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
- A scute.
- A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)
- One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- The kneecap.
Source: Wiktionary
