scutum
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1. scutum - Noun
2. Scutum - Proper noun
Meaning
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
A penthouse or awning.
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.
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
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Above the tail of the serpent is the now-obsolete constellation Taurus Poniatovii while below it is Scutum.
The two best known deep sky objects in Scutum are M11 (the Wild Duck Cluster) and the open cluster M26 (NGC 6694).
History The constellation Scutum as it can be seen by the naked eye.
Later, the name was shortened to Scutum.