Definition of Scuta

1. n. pl. See Scutum.

Definition of Scuta

1. scutum [n] - See also: scutum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuta

scurvily
scurviness
scurvinesses
scurvy
scurvy rickets
scuse
scused
scuses
scusing
scut monkey
scut monkeys
scut work
scuta (current term)
scutage
scutages
scutal
scutch
scutched
scutcheon
scutcheoned
scutcheons
scutcher
scutchers
scutches
scutching

Literary usage of Scuta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles ( Darwin (1851)
"scuta rather small, oval, with the upper end pointed ; each other; the upper produced portion above the umbo rather convex ; basal and lateral margins ..."

2. Records of the Reformation: The Divorce 1527-1533. Mostly Now for the First by Nicholas Pocock (1870)
"per manus Alexandri do Horatio scutum, duo scuta. sex scuta. quattuor scuta, unum scutum. tria scuta, tria scuta. quinque scuta, unum scutum, unum scutum. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1886)
"A series of scuta on the nape ; frontonasal and frontoparietal scuta present. ... Dorsal series of large scuta. scuta in separate longitudinal series ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Nostrils situated towards the outer and interior margin of the nasal scuta. ... Temples covered with scuta. Scales of the back, ..."

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