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scutellate
CIDE DICTIONARY
scutellate, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.].
- Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds. [1913 Webster]
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