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Scutellum

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scu·tel·lum

[skyoo-tel-uh

m] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -tel·la

[-tel-uh] Pronunciation Key.

1.	Botany. the shieldlike cotyledon of certain monocots.

2.	Zoology. a small plate, scutum, or other shieldlike part, as on the thorax of insects or the feet of birds.

[Origin: 1750–60; < NL, equiv. to L scūt(um) shield (see scute) + -ellum dim. suffix

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scu·tel·lum (skyōō-těl'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. scu·tel·la (-těl'ə)

Zoology A shieldlike bony plate or scale, as on the thorax of some insects.
Botany Any of several shield-shaped structures, such as the cotyledon of a grass.

[New Latin scūtellum, from Latin, diminutive of scūtum, shield; see scutum.]

scu·tel'lar (-těl'ər) adj.

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scutellum (sky

-těl'əm) Pronunciation Key
Plural scutella

A shieldlike bony plate or scale, as on the thorax of some insects.
The large, shield-shaped cotyledon of the embryo of a grass plant, specialized for the absorption of food from the endosperm.

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Scutellum

Post`scu*tel"lum\, n. [NL. See Post-, and Scutellum.] (Zo["o]l.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

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