Definitions for "Scutum"
(Tympanic scute)The bony division between the upper portion of the tympanic cavity and the mastoid cells. image
Latin for spur. The Tympanic scutum forms the bony division between the upper portion of the tympanic cavity and the mastoid cells. image image
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
The hard "shield" present on the back of a hard tick.
The shield carried by a soldier
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.
The anterior sclerite of a notum, in front of the scutellum. In apocrita, the mesoscutum is functionally only the area in front of the transscutal articulation; the axilla, although morph ologically part of the mesoscutum, is treated as separate (see also axilla).
A penthouse or awning.