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scutate

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scu⋅tate

  [skyoo-teyt]
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–adjective
1. Botany. formed like a round buckler.
2. Zoology. having scutes, shields, or large scales.
Origin:
1820–30; < L scūtātus. See scutum, -ate 1
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scu·tate   (skyōō'tāt)   
adj.  

  1. Zoology Covered or protected by scutes.

  2. Botany Shaped like a shield or buckler: scutate leaves.


[Latin scūtātus, shield-bearing, from scūtum, shield; see scutum.]
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