Etymology

alloscutum

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Today it means: the flexible part of the dorsal body wall behind the rigid scutum in a hard tick, particularly a female — the alloscutum is the part of the body wall that must stretch to accommodate the blood that the tick swallows when it engorges in preparation for laying eggs. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄλλος ← Latin scūtum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscūtum“shield”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλλος“other”
  3. English todayalloscutum

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) and from Latin scūtum (“shield”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄλλος all →

allergyallosaurusallochthonousallochlorophyllallocrineallodoxaphobiaallopatryallophylicallostasisallotrope

Latinscūtum all →

skewesquirescuttleescutcheonscutumscutescudoscutellumscutagescutiferousscutiform

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