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Webster 1913 Edition


Scute

Scute

,
Noun.
[L.
scutum
a shield, a buckler. See
Scudo
.]
1.
A small shield.
[Obs.]
Skelton.
2.
An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
3.
(Zool.)
A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scute

SCUTE

,
Noun.
[L. scutum, a buckler.] A french gold coin of 3s. 4d. sterling.

Definition 2024


scute

scute

English

Noun

scute (plural scutes)

  1. (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 71:
      Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him.
  2. (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
  3. (obsolete) A small shield.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)
  4. (historical) An old French gold coin.

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