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scutate

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scu·tate  (skytt)
adj.
1. Zoology Covered or protected by scutes.
2. Botany Shaped like a shield or buckler: scutate leaves.

[Latin scttus, shield-bearing, from sctum, shield; see scutum.]

scutate [ˈskjuːteɪt]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of animals) having or covered with large bony or horny plates
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany shaped like a round shield or buckler a scutate leaf
[from Latin scūtātus armed with a shield, from scūtum a shield]
scutation  n


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