Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scuta \Scu"ta\, n. pl.
   See {Scutum}.

Scutum \Scu"tum\, n.; pl. {Scuta}. [L.]
   1. (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or
      wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron
      rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.

   2. (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] --Burrill.

   3. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The second and largest of the four parts forming the
          upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It
          is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the
          scutellum. See the Illust. under {Thorax}.
      (b) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a
          barnacle.

Source : WordNet®

scuta
     See {scutum}