Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scutella"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n. pl.
See {Scutellum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n.; pl. {Scutelle}. [NL., fem. dim. of L.
scutum.] (Zo["o]l.)
See {Scutellum}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scutellum \Scu*tel"lum\, 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(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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