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scutigera coleoptrata |
scutigerella |
scutigerella immaculata |
scutigeridae |
scutiped |
scutter
| scuttle
| scuttlebutt
| scutum
| scuz
| scuzzy
scutter
CIDE DICTIONARY
To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle.
"A mangy little jackal . . . cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scutter, v. & n.
--v.intr. colloq. scurry.
--n. the act or an instance of scuttering.
--v.intr. colloq. scurry.
--n. the act or an instance of scuttering.
Etymology
perh. alt. of SCUTTLE(2)
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