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Latin Word For Shield That Refers To A Large Oblong Roman Example Of Said Piece Of Armour A Constellation Or One Of The Protective Plates Of An Armadillo Insect Or Turtle Crossword Clue

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noun

• 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.

• A scute.

• A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)

• One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

• The kneecap.

42%15Armadillo genus with species including the small hairy armadillo
noun

• a genus of Dasypodidae, containing Euphractus sexcinctus, commonly known as the six-banded armadillo or the yellow armadillo (Euphractus)

39%11Turtle shell plates forming the lower shield
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