different between scutate vs scutiform
scutate
English
Etymology
From Latin scut?tus, from scutum (“shield”).
Adjective
scutate (comparative more scutate, superlative most scutate)
- Shaped like a shield or buckler.
- Of, pertaining to or covered with scutes.
Anagrams
- East Cut, acutest
Latin
Adjective
sc?t?te
- vocative masculine singular of sc?t?tus
scutate From the web:
scutiform
English
Etymology
Latin scutum (“shield”) +? -form
Adjective
scutiform (comparative more scutiform, superlative most scutiform)
- Having the shape of a shield; scutate.
Noun
scutiform (plural scutiforms)
- (archaeology) A symbol that is shaped like a shield.
- 1997, Helen Geake, The Use of Grave-goods in Conversion-period England, c.600-c.850 (British Archaeological Reports Limited):
- There are similarities between the form of the central boss on scutiforms and the central setting on filigree pendants, and between the use of punched dot decoration on scutiforms and beaded wire on filigree pendants. Scutiforms, however ...
- 2015, Siyakha Mguni, Termites of the Gods: San Cosmology In Southern African Rock Art, NYU Press (?ISBN), page 64:
- ... suggest that the purported depictions of bees' combs were extremely similar to what he described as four scutiforms from the cave of Altamira in Spain.
- 1997, Helen Geake, The Use of Grave-goods in Conversion-period England, c.600-c.850 (British Archaeological Reports Limited):
References
- scutiform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
scutiform From the web:
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