scuta
Americannoun
noun
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Var., with a row of square, dark-coloured marks on the scuta and terga. 1a.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Scutig′erous, provided with a scute or scuta; Scū′tiped, having the shanks scaly, of birds.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Terga, as large as the scuta, flat, regularly oval, basal point blunt and rounded.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The carina is straight and pointed, and not, relatively to the scuta, quite so long.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Description.—The valves, as just stated, generally resemble those of L. truncata; scarcely any appreciable difference can be detected in the scuta; the apex, however, of the inner surface seems coloured a darker purple.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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