noun. A keratinous, chitinous, or bony external plate, as on the shell of a turtle or the underside of a snake.

noun. In anatomy, a semilunar plate of bone forming the outer portion of the roof of the tympanum of the ear. Also called scutum tympanicum.

noun. A shield or buckler; also, a heraldic shield; an escutcheon.

noun. An old French gold coin, of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or 80 cents.

noun. In zoology, a scutum or scutellum, in any sense; a squama; a large scale; a shield, plate, or buckler: as, the dermal scutes of a ganoid fish, a turtle, an armadillo, a scaly ant-eater, etc. See cuts under carapace and Acipenser.

noun. An obsolete form of scout.

noun. A small shield.

noun. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.

noun. A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.

noun. A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.

noun. A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs

noun. A small shield.

noun. An old French gold coin.

noun. large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake

""scute" effect, it was found that there are in fact, within the normal X-chromosome, two genes of closely related effect"

clavic ular scute  

protective covering  

carapace  cuticle  shell  shield  

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