scutum meaning
ENWScutum
- Scutum is a small constellation introduced in the seventeenth century. Its name is Latin for shield.
EN Scutum 
- NounPLscuta
- (historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
- (zoology) A scute.
- (zoology) In many contexts a shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick.
- (zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- (obsolete) A penthouse or awning.
- (historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
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Grammatically, this word "scutum" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.