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Definition of Scutiform
1. a. Shield-shaped; scutate.
Definition of Scutiform
1. Adjective. Having the shape of a shield; scutate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scutiform
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Scutiform
1. Shield-shaped. Synonym: scutate. Origin: L. Scutum, shield, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutiform
Literary usage of Scutiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Natural History, for the Use of Travellers: Being a Description by Arthur Adams, William Balfour Baikie, Charles Barron (1854)
"... lamellar, opercular, covering all lower surface of abdomen; not prolonged
beyond the last segment, which is scutiform and very large. 2. FAMILY. ..."
2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"integument which bears two longitudinal ridges projecting into the cavity of the
ear, with a broad groove between them. The scutiform Cartilage. ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... adj. shield-shaped, Bot., &c. peltate(d). scutiform: —fufi, m. ... Anat.
thyroid or scutiform cartilage; ..."
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