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Scutellate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.