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scute
- /skjuːt/
Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.
noun scutes
- A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds. Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him.
- A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
- A small shield. But yet they ouer shote vs Wyth crownes and wyth scutus; With scutis and crownes of gold I drede we are bought and solde; […]
- An old French gold coin.
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noun plate or scale
| 日本語 | 稜鱗 ryōrin |
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title = {scute},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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