SCUTELLUM


Meaning of SCUTELLUM in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.