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scutellate
  1. (botany) saucer-shaped
  2. (zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Hind toe very small, second a little shorter than fourth, third very long, all scutellate for more than half their length.”
scutate
  1. Shaped like a shield or buckler
  2. Of, pertaining to or covered with scutes
scutelliform
  1. scutellate
  2. (botany) Having the form of a scutellum.
scutal
  1. Of or relating to a shield.
  2. (biology) Of or relating to a scutum.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Our patient did not experience scutal or ossicular erosion suggestive of a cholesteatoma.”
      “Dorsal scutum pyriform with scutal areas obsolete, area I with one granule each side, III with a pair of spiniform large tubercles.”
      “Scutal scales were golden brown with a reddish tint, while scutal setae were dark reddish brown.”
scutelliplantar
  1. (zoology, of birds) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus.
scutoscutellar
  1. Relating to the scutum and the scutellum
scutiform
  1. Having the shape of a shield; scutate.
scutellar
  1. Relating to the scutellum.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Only intact embryos with no starch or aleurone tissue adhering to the scutellar tissue were used.”
      “Seminal roots do not form a coleorhiza since the scutellar node tissue is already differentiated when seminal roots emerge and can easily be penetrated.”
      “The aleurone is part of the triploid maize endosperm whereas the coleoptile, scutellum, scutellar node, and root are derived from the developing embryo.”
scutellated
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