Definition of Scutellated
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Scutellated
1.
1. Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
2. [See Scutellum.
Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; said of certain birds.
Origin: L. Scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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