plural of shield bug

The reduction in income taxes that results from taking an allowable deduction from taxable income.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, in the Northeast of England.

(dated) Scutum, a constellation in the northern sky.

Any of various shield-shaped true bugs of the superfamily Pentatomoidea.

physical barriers designed to provide protection from the effects of ionizing radiation, including radioactive material / the technology of providing such protection

Either of the two plates situated on the disk at the base of each ray of some starfish. / A radial graphite reflector surrounding a pressurized water reactor.

A town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the north bank of the Tyne.

plural of chin shield

Any of the scales found on the underside of a snake's head towards the anterior and touching the lower labial scales.