SG Heritage Dictionary

Scute [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A french gold coin of 3s. 4d. sterling.

Scute [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A small shield.

2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.

3. A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.

Scutella [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Scutellum, n., 2.

Scutella [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Scutellum.

Scutella [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scutellum

Scutellate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Scutellated

Scutellated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Formed like a pan; divided into small surfaces; as the s cutellated bone of a sturgeon.

Scutellated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.

2. Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.

Scutellation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.

Scutelle [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scutella

Scutelliform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Scutellate.

2. Having the form of a scutellum.

Scutelliplantar [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

Scutellum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. 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.

3. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.