kalkan (takımyıldızı)

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(Astronomi) scutum
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry
A scute
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
It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle
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The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect
A penthouse or awning
under Thorax
{i} large shield used by soldiers in ancient Rome; scute, hard scale or plate (Botany, Zoology)