{ } a. [ L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket. ] 1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. [ See Scutellum. ] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. scutellus a shield + planta foot. ] (Zool.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.; pl.Scutella [ NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield. ] 1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) (a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax. (b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. [ 1913 Webster ]
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