Scis´sion, n. A cutting apart; fissuration.
Scis´sor-shaped (tail), a. Deeply forficate.
Sclerot´ic, n. Dense opaque fibrous membrane forming most of the eyeball.
Scol´loped, a. Lobed. (137.)
Scolo´pacine, a. Snipe-like.
Scro´tum, n. Bag holding testicles.
Scutel´late, a. Provided with scutella.
Scutel´late Tarsus. (110.)
Scutel´lum, n.; pl. scutella. Scale. Any one of the divisions into which the podotheca may be broken up by regular lines of impression; especially such divisions when large and in regular vertical series; various smaller divisions being called reticulations. Scutella occur especially on the anterior face of the tarsus and top of the toes; often also on the back of the tarsus; sometimes they completely encircle the tarsus. When thus large, some ornithologists call them scuta; then using scutella for the smaller irregular reticulations. Scutella are sometimes obsolete. (Commonly, but erroneously, written scutellæ.) (109.)
Scu´tiform, a. Scalelike.