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Definition of Scutellate
1. a. Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
Definition of Scutellate
1. Adjective. (botany) saucer-shaped ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scutellate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutellate
Literary usage of Scutellate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Storks. Only one Michigan species, the Wood Ibis. Page 126. Fig. 36. Head of
Green Heron. Fig. 37. Foot of Heron, a. scutellate tarsus, b. Pectinate claw. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"... a furrow in plumage behind eyes ; tarsi anteriorly scutellate. 4. ...
an accessory piece ; head with elongated feathers ; tarsus anteriorly scutellate. ..."
3. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"... posteriorly scutellate on disk; vertex of head with a transverse ...
posteriorly scutellate on disk; inferior margin of lateral lobes straight, ..."
4. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"... agree in the stout legs and feet, well-developed hallux, and scutellate ...
in the emarginate tail, reticulate instead of scutellate planta tarsi, ..."
5. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the by David Starr Jordan (1878)
"The MIMING, or Mocking Thrushes, have the tarsus scutellate (sometimes booted in
... Tarsus scutellate in front (scutella rarely obsolete); wings (iu ours) ..."
6. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the by David Starr Jordan (1878)
"The MIMING, or Mocking Thrushes, have the tarsus scutellate (sometimes booted in
... Tarsus distinctly scutellate; ours ashy, with black and white. ..."
7. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"... posteriorly scutellate on disk; vertex of head with a transverse ...
posteriorly scutellate on disk; inferior margin of lateral lobes straight, ..."
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