Scuttler, skut′lėr, n. the striped lizard.
Scuttock. Same as Scuddick.
Scutulum, skū′tū-lum, n. one of the shield-shaped crusts of favus. [L., dim. of scutum, a shield.]
Scutum, skū′tum, n. a shield belonging to the heavy-armed Roman legionaries: a penthouse: (anat.) the knee-pan: (zool.) a large scale. [L.]
Scye, sī, n. the armhole of a garment. [Prob. sey—O. Fr. sier, to cut—L. secāre, to cut.]
Scylla, sil′a, n. a six-headed monster who sat over a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, over against the whirlpool of Charyb′dis on the Sicilian side.—n. Scyllæa (sil-ē′a), a genus of nudibranchiate gasteropods.—n.pl. Scyllar′idæ (-dē), a family of long-tailed, ten-footed marine crustaceans.
Scyllidæ, sil′i-dē, n.pl. a family of selachians, the typical genus Scyllium, including the dog-fish. [Gr. skylion, a dog-fish.]
Scymnidæ, sim′ni-dē, n.pl. the sleeper-sharks.—n. Scym′nus, a genus of lady-birds: a genus of sharks. [Gr. skymnos, a whelp.]
Scyphidium, sif-id′i-um, n. a genus of ciliate infusorians. [Gr. skyphos, a cup.]
Scyphomedusæ, sif-o-med′ū-sē, n.pl. a prime division of hydrozoans or a sub-class of Hydrozoa.