Escutcheon may refer to:
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Escutcheon (heraldry)
In heraldry, an escutcheon (, ) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an Achievement (heraldry), achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of a ...
, a shield or shield-shaped emblem, displaying a coat of arms
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Escutcheon (furniture)
An escutcheon ( ) is a general term for a decorative plate used to conceal a functioning, non-architectural item. ''Escutcheon'' is an Old Norman word derived from the Latin word , meaning 'a shield'. Escutcheons are most often used in conjunctio ...
, a metal plate that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door
* (in medicine) the distribution of
pubic hair
Pubic hair (or pubes , ) is terminal hair, terminal body hair that is found in the sex organ, genital area and pubic region of adolescent and adult humans. The hair is located on and around the sex organs, and sometimes at the top of the inside ...
* (in archaeology) decorated discs supporting the handles on
hanging bowl
Hanging bowls are a distinctive type of artefact of the period between the end of Roman rule in Britain in c. 410 AD and the emergence of the Christian Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the 7th century, continuing rather later. The survi ...
s
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malacology
Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...
) a depressed area, present in some
bivalves
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exoskeleton consis ...
behind the
beaks in the dorsal line (about and behind the ligament, if external), in one or both valves, generally set off from the rest of the shell by a change in sculpture or colour.
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