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‖ scutiger|ˈskjuːtɪdʒə(r)|
[Late L. scūtiger shield-bearing, f. scūt-um shield + -ger, gerĕre to carry; in med.L. used subst. for ‘esquire’.]
1. jocular nonce-use. A squire.
1839Syd. Smith Ballot Wks. 1859 II. 306/2 All set upon the unhappy scutiger; and the squire, unused to be pointed at,..is driven to the brink of suicide.
2. Zool. A centipede of the genus Scutigera; any member of the family Scutigeridæ.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Scutigers, Scutigera, the name of a genus of unequal-legged Chilopodous Myriapods, which frequent houses..in the South of Europe. |