See Also: scutellate(dictionary)

scutellate (iou)



scutellate adjective. L18.
[from SCUTELLUM + -ATE2.]
Botany. Shaped like a platter or scutellum, round and flat with a raised rim; (of a lichen) having a scutellum. L18.
Ornithology. Of a bird's foot: covered with scutella. L19.
scutellated adjective = SCUTELLATE E18.