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- Scute - n. - A small shield.
- Scute - n. - An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
- Scute - n. - A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
- Scutella - n. pl. - See Scutellum.
- Scutella - n. - See Scutellum, n., 2.
- Scutella - pl. - of Scutellum
- Scutellate - a. - Alt. of Scutellated
- Scutellated - a. - Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
- Scutellated - a. - Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
- Scutellation - n. - the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
- Scutelle - pl. - of Scutella
- Scutelliform - a. - Scutellate.
- Scutelliform - a. - Having the form of a scutellum.
- Scutelliplantar - a. - Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
- Scutellum - n. - A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
- Scutellum - n. - The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.
- Scutellum - n. - One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.