Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.

Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.

Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.

Scutiform :: Scutiform (a.) Shield-shaped; scutate.

Scutiger :: Scutiger (n.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

Scutiped :: Scutiped (a.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A broad, shallow basket..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A quick pace; a short run.

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. t.) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship..

Scuttled :: Scuttled (imp. & p. p.) of Scuttl.

Scuttling :: Scuttling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuttl.

Scutum :: 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..

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) A penthouse or awning.

Scutum :: Scutum (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.

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

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