SCUTELLATE; SCUTELLATED
Scu"tel*late, Scu"tel*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. scutella a dish, salver.
Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.
2. Etym: [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; — said of certain birds.
SCUTELLATION
Scu`tel*la"tion, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
SCUTELLIFORM
Scu*tel"li*form, a. Etym: [L. scutella a dish + -form.]
1. Scutellate.
2. (Bot.)