Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds. · A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs · A small shield. · An old French gold coin.
Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.
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