transcription, транскрипция: [ skü-ˈte-ləm, skyü- ]
noun
( plural scu·tel·la -lə)
Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin scutum shield
Date: 1819
1. : a hard plate or scale (as on the thorax of an insect or the tarsus of a bird)
2. : the shield-shaped cotyledon of a monocotyledon (as a grass)
• scu·tel·lar -lər adjective