Scutella

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n. pl.
     See {Scutellum}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n.; pl. {Scutellae}. [NL., fem. dim. of
     L. scutum.] (Zool.)
     See {Scutellum}, n., 2.
     [1913 Webster] Scutellate

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scutellum \Scu*tel"lum\, n.; pl. {Scutella}. [NL., neut. dim. of
     L. scutum a shield.]
     1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed
        of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain
        lichens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)
        (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.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scutella
       See {scutellum}