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scutellation
N การ เกิด เป็น กระดอง เกล็ด
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SCUTELLATED
a.[L. scutella, a dish. See Scuttle. ] Formed like a pan; divided into small surfaces; as the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCUTELLA
SCUTELLA Scu *tel "la, n. pl.
Defn: See Scutellum.
SCUTELLA
Scu *tel "la, n.; pl. Scutelle. Etym: [NL. , fem. dim. of L. scutum. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: See Scutellum, n., 2.
SCUTELLATE; SCUTELLATED
Scu "tel *late, Scu "tel *la `ted, a. Etym: [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.
2. Etym: [See Scutellum. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
SCUTELLATION
SCUTELLATION Scu `tel *la "tion, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
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