Definition of Scuta. Meaning of Scuta. Synonyms of Scuta

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Scuta. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Scuta and, of course, Scuta synonyms and on the right images related to the word Scuta.

Definition of Scuta

Scuta
Scuta Scu"ta, n. pl. See Scutum.
Scuta
Scutum Scu"tum, n.; pl. Scuta. [L.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. 2. (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] --Burrill. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax. (b) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

Meaning of Scuta from wikipedia

- "Scuta" is the plural of the Latin word "scutum" and means "shield". It is used for the following: Scutum (shield), the Roman shield Scute, a zootomical...
- The scutum (classical Latin: [ˈskuːt̪ʊ̃]; pl.:scuta) was a type of shield used among Italic peoples in antiquity, most notably by the army of ancient...
- Rayforstia scuta is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was described as Textricella insula in 1959 by Ray Forster from...
- Mahura scuta is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton from female...
- A scute (/skjuːt/ ) or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the s**** of a turtle...
- Duripelta scuta is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick...
- says the Harii used black shields and painting their bodies black (nigra scuta, tincta corpora), and attacking at night as a shadowy army, much to the...
- abundantia in turribus suis. (Ps 122,7) Ar**** conterit, confrigit arma et scuta ****burit igni. (Ps 46,10) Lux orta est iusto, et restis corde laetitia....
- squamata specially in the 2nd and 3rd centuries), heavy colorful shields (scuta), heavy javelins (pila), and later even long spears and lighter javelins...
- Ahenobarbus, c. 122 BC; the altar shows two Roman infantrymen equipped with long scuta and a cavalryman with his horse. All are shown wearing chain mail armour...