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scutellum
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCUTELLUM
Scu *tel "lum, n.; pl. Scutella. Etym: [NL. , neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield. ]
1. (Bot. )
Defn: A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
2. (Zoöl.) (a ) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax. (b ) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
New American Oxford Dictionary
scutellum
scu tel lum |sk (y )o͞oˈteləm skjuˈtɛləm | ▶noun ( pl. scutella |-ˈtelə | ) Botany & Zoology a small shieldlike structure, in particular: • a modified cotyledon in the embryo of a grass seed. • the third dorsal sclerite in each thoracic segment of an insect. DERIVATIVES scu tel lar |-ˈtelər |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin scutum ‘shield. ’
Oxford Dictionary
scutellum
scutellum |skjʊˈtɛləm | ▶noun ( pl. scutella |-lə | ) Botany & Zoology a small shield-like structure, in particular: • a modified cotyledon in the embryo of a grass seed. • the third dorsal sclerite in each thoracic segment of an insect. DERIVATIVES scutellar adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin scutum ‘shield ’.
Duden Dictionary
Scutellum
Scu tel lum Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Scut e llum |das Scutellum; Genitiv: des Scutellums, Plural: die Scutella lateinisch-neulateinisch ; »Schildchen «zu einem Saugorgan umgewandeltes Keimblatt der Gräser
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