scutellum
English
noun
Definitions
- Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scutellum, scutum (shield, a shield).
Origin
Latin
scutum
Gloss
shield, a shield
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
盾
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scutoid English
- mesoscutellum English
- metascutellum English
- postscutellum English
- scute English
- scutiferous English
- scutagium Latin
- scutarius Latin
- scutellum Latin
- scutifer Latin
- scutum Latin
- scudo Italian
- *skewH- Proto-Indo-European