Etymology

scutiferous

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Today it means: Having a scute. Full definition →

Latin scutum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscutum“shield”
  2. English todayscutiferous

From Latin scutum (“shield”) + -ferous.

Words from the same roots

Latinscutum all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.