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Definition of Scutellum
1. n. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
Definition of Scutellum
1. Noun. Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scutellum
1. a small, scutate organ or part [n -LA]
Medical Definition of Scutellum
1. Part of the embryo in seeds of the Poaceae (grasses). Can be considered equivalent to the cotyledon of other monocotyledenous seeds. During germination, absorbs degraded storage material from the endosperm and transfers it to the growing axis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutellum
Literary usage of Scutellum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Their distribution over the dorsal surface of the scutellum is also variable ...
The main bundle of the scutellum runs upwards to the apex from the level at ..."
2. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1900)
"This structure, which is a modification of part of the cotyledon, is known as
the scutellum (fig. 123); its function is to effect the absorption of the ..."
3. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1907)
"This structure, which is a modification of part of the cotyledon, is known as
the scutellum (fig. 119); its function is to effect the absorption of the ..."
4. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous-Hemiptera in the Collection of by Francis Walker (1868)
"Thorax and scutellum transversely and very slightly rugulose. Thorax on each side
in front with a large smooth patch, of which ihe disk, like the fore wings ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1880)
"scutellum and other marks white or whitish; hind coxae pubescent. ... Lateral margins
of scutellum white, femora and tibiae red. ..."
6. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"Considering the position of these three organs, scutellum stands opposite the
epiblast, and the coleoptile is not only situated on the same side of the axis ..."
7. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"of such scales in front of the scutellum and the dark integumentary stripe is
also absent. This is the form described by Theobald from the island of Antigua ..."
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