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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Scute

· IPA /skjuːt/
01 n. A small shield.
  1. 1.
    A small shield.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
  3. 3.
    A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.(Zool.)