scutoid

noun1

1. •
   A geometrical solid described as a mix between a frustum and a prismatoid.

   • A scutoid can be regarded as a prism that is truncated at one or more vertices, with faces and edges sized such that suitably oriented copies of said scutoid can be arranged to fully pack the space between two planes.

noun3

1. •
   An induced genetic mutation in the fly Drosophila melanogaster.

   • Mapping close to the structural gene for alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) on chromosome arm 2L of Drosophila melanogaster is the dominant mutation Scutoid (Sco). — 1982
2. •
   An individual fly with the genetic mutation.

   • Here have found that snail is ectopically expressed in the eye-antennal and wing imaginal discs in Scutoid larvae, and that this expression is reduced in Scutoid revertants. — 1999
3. •
   The gene affected by the mutation in D. melanogaster, or analogous genes in other species.

   • A mutation in scutoid is also known to affect the orientation of mechanosensory bristles of the eye (Birkholz et al. 2009). — 2019