scutoid

Meaning

Noun

• A geometrical solid described as a mix between a frustum and a prismatoid.
• Alternate spelling of Scutoid, a genetic mutation in Drosophila melanogaster

Origin

• First described by Gómez-Gálvez et al. in a 2018 paper (see quotation below). Variously said to be from scutum or scutellum (parts of insect anatomy) or from Escudero, surname of one of the researchers, -oid.
• scutellum + --oid