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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

scutella

a dish, salver. Cf.

a basket.]

(Zool.)

Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces;

as, the

scutellated

bone of a sturgeon

Woodward.

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(Zool.)

Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; – said of certain birds.

Adj.

[L. scutella, a dish. See Scuttle.] Formed like a pan; divided into small surfaces; as the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.

scutellated ‎(comparative more scutellated, superlative most scutellated)