Scutellate

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

  Scutellate \Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L.
     scutella a dish, salver. Cf. {Scuttle} a basket.]
     1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of
        platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a
        sturgeon. --Woodward.
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     2. [See {Scutellum}.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with
        broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain
        birds.
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