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scutellate

scutellate


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scutellate  \Scu"tel*late\,  Scutellated  \Scu"tel*la`ted\,  a.  [L. 
  scutella  a  dish,  salver.  Cf  {Scuttle}  a  basket.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Formed  like  a  plate  or  salver;  composed  of 
  platelike  surfaces;  as  the  scutellated  bone  of  a 
  sturgeon.  --Woodward. 
 
  2.  [See  {Scutellum}.]  (Zo["o]l.)  Having  the  tarsi  covered 
  with  broad  transverse  scales,  or  scutella;  --  said  of 
  certain  birds.