• @CaptainPedantic
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      141 year ago

      I had to look it up. A scutum is a type of Roman shield.

      • @Krotz
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        61 year ago

        Ha, I read it as scrotum on the first go :')

    • ForestOrca
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      1 year ago

      scutum
      skyoo͞′təm
      noun

      1. A scute.

      2. A shield-shaped dorsal sclerite or plate of certain insects and arachnids.

      3. 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.

      I’m assuming the third definition is the one we’re after. But it could be an alligator scute, ya never know. (https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator.htm). And having looked at scutes, I think a phone shaped like that would be all kinds of amusing!