scutum

scutum

 [sku´tum]

1. scute.

2. a protective covering or shield, such as a plate of chitin in the exoskeleton of hard ticks.

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scu·tum

, pl.

scu·ta

(skū'tŭm, -tă),

1. Synonym(s): scute

2. In ixodid (hard) ticks, a plate that largely or entirely covers the dorsum of the male and forms an anterior shield behind the capitulum of the female or immature ticks.

[L. shield]

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scutum

(skyo͞o′təm)

n. pl. scu·ta (-tə)

1. A scute.

2. A shield-shaped dorsal sclerite or plate of certain insects and arachnids.

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scu·tum

, pl. scuta (skyū'tŭm, -ă)

1. Synonym(s): scute.

2. In ixodid (hard) ticks, a plate that largely or entirely covers the dorsum of the male and forms an anterior shield behind the capitulum of the female or immature ticks.

[L. shield]

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scutum

1. the middle of the three dorsal thoracic SCLERITES of an insect.
2. one of the two lateral plates forming part of the carapace of a barnacle.

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