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noun

Scutellum n. (pl. scutella)

(Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Scutellum'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scutellum" Quotes from Famous Books

... axis and a scutellum. The axis, which is differentiated into the plumule directed upward and the radicle downward, is small and straight and it is covered more or less by the edges of the scutellum. The scutellum is attached ...

— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar