Definition of Scutiger

1. n. Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

Definition of Scutiger

1. a squire [n -S]

Medical Definition of Scutiger

1. Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects. Origin: NL, fr. L. Scutum shield + gerere to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutiger

scutellated
scutellation
scutellations
scutelliform
scutelliplantar
scutes
scutibranch
scutibranchia
scutibranchian
scutibranchiata
scutibranchiate
scutibranchiates
scutiferous
scutiform
scutiger (current term)
scutigers
scutiped
scuts
scutter
scuttered
scuttering
scutters
scutting
scuttle
scuttled
scuttler

Literary usage of Scutiger

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

1. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"... Ag., and C. scutiger, Egert. (Fig. 39), are known by nearly complete fishes from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire. Similar spines occur in the ..."

2. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1883)
"The daughters of my old friend scutiger are noble ladies, ... In an instant scutiger wheeled round on his chair, and, with flashing eyes and glowing cheeks, ..."

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