Comment on The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small phone lovers in a lurch

BudgieMania@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Aatube@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A what?

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  • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I had to look it up. A scutum is a type of Roman shield.

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    • Krotz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ha, I read it as scrotum on the first go :')

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      • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You and me both.

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    • Aatube@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Huh, I searched it up and got an insect.

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  • ForestOrca@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    scutum
    skyoo͞′təm
    noun

    1. A scute.

    2. A shield-shaped dorsal sclerite or plate of certain insects and arachnids.

    3. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.

    I'm assuming the third definition is the one we're after. But it could be an alligator scute, ya never know. (https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator.htm)

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