'Scutellate' definitions:
Definition of 'Scutellate'
From: GCIDE
- Scutellate \Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
- 1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [See Scutellum.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds. [1913 Webster]