Etymology

scutoid

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scutoid · noun1

First described by Gómez-Gálvez et al. in a 2018 paper (see quotation below). Variously said to be from scutum or scutellum (parts of insect anatomy) or from Escudero, surname of one of the researchers, + -oid.

scutoid · noun2

From scutellum + -oid.

Scutoid · noun3

From scutellum + -oid; the genetic mutation results in loss of scutellar bristles. Coined in 1959 by J.D. Krivshenko.

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