English Explanatory Dictionary

clipeus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
  2. An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.
  3. Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.

Word forms

clipeus clipei

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clipeus.

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