这两天有个科技新闻：

说细胞中发现的一种新形状scutoid ，可解释大自然如何有效地将细胞包装成三维结构。所有动物都是由弯曲成复杂形状的组织形成的。这些结构的组成单位如上皮细胞，它们紧密地结合在一起形成血管和器官的内衬。

中文介绍见：研究人员发现了被称为scutoid的新几何形状

相关的英文消息见：

Researchers discover new geometric shape dubbed “scutoid”

https://www.slashgear.com/researchers-discover-new-geometric-shape-dubbed-scutoid-30539469/

Scutoid was chosen because of its resemblance to the scutellum, the posterior part of an insect thorax or midsection. 

Scutoid-From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutoid

The object was first described in Nature Communications in July 2018, and the name scutoid was coined because of its resemblance to the shape of the scutum and scutellum in some insects, such as beetles in the Cetoniidae subfamily.

A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2175297-a-new-shape-called-the-scutoid-has-been-discovered-in-our-cells/

It had been assumed that these cells adopted prism- or pyramid-like shapes to form these structures, but no one was sure as only thin cross-sections …

The 'Scutoid' Is Geometry's Newest Shape, and It Could Be All Over Your Body

https://gizmodo.com/the-scutoid-is-geometrys-newest-shape-and-it-could-be-1827924643

They decided to name the scutoid after the scutellum of a beetle (a part of its thorax), because the two look similar from a top-down view.

根据上面的介绍，将其定名为“盾状棱柱”。

Squares and circles are so basic. Get down with this new shape, the scutoid.

https://mashable.com/2018/07/28/scutoid-shape-discovery-epithelial-cells/#6EPqy8V1kmqR

It had previously been believed that epithelial cells were "prism-shaped" or "truncated pyramids." But researchers at the University of Seville discovered that their form is more complex than that. The press release notes that they could be best described as "twisted prisms."

也可将其译为“扭曲棱柱”