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scutellum
[ skyoo-tel-uhm ]
noun
- Botany. the shieldlike cotyledon of certain monocots.
- Zoology. a small plate, scutum, or other shieldlike part, as on the thorax of insects or the feet of birds.
scutellum
/ -lɪt; skjuːˈtɛləm; ˈskjuːtɪˌleɪt /
noun
- the last of three plates into which the notum of an insect's thorax is divided
- one of the scales on the tarsus of a bird's leg
- an outgrowth from a germinating grass seed that probably represents the cotyledon
- any other small shield-shaped part or structure
scutellum
/ skyo̅o̅-tĕl′əm /
, Plural scutella
- A shieldlike bony plate or scale, as on the thorax of some insects.
- The large, shield-shaped cotyledon of the embryo of a grass plant, specialized for the absorption of food from the endosperm.
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Derived Forms
- scuˈtellar, adjective
- scutellate, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scutellum1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scutellum1
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Example Sentences
Scutell′iform, scutellate; Scutellig′erous, provided with a scutellum; Scutelliplan′tar, having the back of the tarsus scutellate.
In some grasses there is a small scale-like appendage opposite the scutellum, the epiblast.
Apodema: a conspicuous transverse band crossing the thorax in front of the scutellum in male Coccidae.
Axillae: two small, subtriangular sclerites at the lateral basal angles of the meso-scutellum in Proctytripidae.
Dorsulum: the mesonotum before the scutellum, with the wing sockets: also, specifically, the meso-scutellum.
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