Scutum is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter M for which we found 4 definitions.
Definition |
---|
(n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. |
(n.) A penthouse or awning. |
(n.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax. |
(n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. |