Etymograph

English

Scutoid

From scutellum + -oid; the genetic mutation results in loss of scutellar bristles.

Formed from scutellum + -oid

Latin scūtum ‘shield’

New Latin scūtellum

English scutellum

The story

Coined in 1959 by J.D.

Today it means

noun An induced genetic mutation in the fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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