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scutiform

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scu⋅ti⋅form

  [skyoo-tuh-fawrm]
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–adjective
shield-shaped.
Also, scu⋅tel⋅li⋅form  [skyoo-tel-uh-fawrm] .

Origin:
1650–60; < NL scūtiformis. See scutum, -i-, -form
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scu·ti·form   (skyōō'tə-fôrm')   
adj.  Shield-shaped: scutiform leaves.

[Latin scūtum, shield; see scutum + -form.]
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scutiform scu·ti·form (sky&oomacr;'tə-fôrm')
adj.
Having the shape of a shield.

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