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SCUTUM [6 records]

Record 1 2016-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Indoor fern of the Polydodiaceae family with small deltoid to triangular leaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Fougère d'intérieur de la famille des Polypodacées. Petites feuilles triangulaires, les frondes se nuancent de rouge.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Animal Anatomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Anatomie animale

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Animal Anatomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Anatomie animale

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Valve of [a] cirriped shell opposite [the] carina and adjacent to [the] peduncle in some forms ... or opercular in others. [Pl: scuta.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Pluriel : des scutums, des scuta.

OBS

scutums (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Deux paires de valves couronnent l'ensemble: les "terga" et les «scuta».

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Bouclier que portaient les légionnaires, à l'époque romaine.

OBS

Pluriel : des scutums, des scuta.

OBS

scutums (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A heavy, horny scale, as on certain reptiles and insects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Pièce dorsale du thorax de certains insectes.

Spanish

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