scutellate
1Scutellate — Scu tel*late, Scutellated Scu tel*la ted, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. {Scuttle} a basket.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
2scutellate — scutellate1 [skyo͞ot′ l āt΄, skyo͞ot′ lit; skyo͞o tel′it] adj. [ModL scutellatus < scutellum: see SCUTELLUM] covered or protected with scutella, or small scales or plates scutellate2 [skyo͞ot′ l āt΄, skyo͞ot′ lit; skyo͞o tel′it] adj. [ModL… …
3scutellate — or scutellated adjective Date: 1785 having or covered with scutella …
4scutellate — adj. [L. dim. scutum, shield] Divided into small platelike areas …
5scutellate — /skyooh tel it, ayt, skyooht l ayt /, adj. Zool. 1. having scutes. 2. formed into a scutellum. Also, scutellated. [1775 85; SCUTELL(UM) + ATE1] * * * …
6scutellate — A process with a broad base that is distally expanded into a dorso ventrally flattened, broad, subtriangular to oblong process [Ingle, 1980] …
7scutellate — shaped like a platter Shapes and Resemblance …
8scutellate — scu·tel·late || skjuËtÉ™leɪt(ɪd) adj. covered with hard scales or plates (Botany, Zoology) …
9scutellate — scu·tel·late …
10scutellate — /ˈskutəleɪt/ (say skoohtuhlayt), / lət/ (say luht) adjective 1. having scutes. 2. formed into a scutellum. Also, scutellated. {New Latin scūtellātus. See scutellum, ate1} …