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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.
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