Scut (other)
Scut or SCUT may refer to: * Scut, a short tail on various mammals * wikt:scutwork, Scutwork, menial work * Adam Scut (floruit, fl. 1382–1401), English politician * Scut Farkus, a fictional character in the film ''A Christmas Story'' * South China University of Technology (pinyin: Huánán Lǐgōng Dàxué), a public university in Guangzhou, China See also

* Scute or scutum, a bony plate or scale overlaid with horn, on animals {{disambiguation ...
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Scut
The tail is the elongated section at the rear end of a bilaterian animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage extending backwards from the midline of the torso. In vertebrate animals that evolution, evolved to lose their tails (e.g. frogs and hominid primates), the coccyx is the homologous vestigial of the tail. While tails are primarily considered a feature of vertebrates, some invertebrates such as scorpions and springtails, as well as snails and slugs, have tail-like appendages that are also referred to as tails. Tail-shaped objects are sometimes referred to as "caudate" (e.g. lobes of liver#Caudate lobe, caudate lobe, caudate nucleus), and the body part associated with or proximal to the tail are given the adjective "caudal (anatomical term), caudal" (which is considered a more precise anatomical terminology). Function Animal tails are used in a variety of ways. They provide a source of thrust for aquatic locomotion for fish, cetaceans and cr ...
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