scutums的中文意思、音标与词形变化

(scutum 的复数) n. 长形盾, 鳞甲 [医] 鼓室盾板, 甲状软骨, 髌骨, 盾片(昆虫)

plural of scutum n. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. n. A penthouse or awning. n. 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. n. One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.