"scutum" meaning in English

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        "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."
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        "A scute."
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        "(zoology) A scute."
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        "One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle."
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