1 definition found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. [See {Scutellum}.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds. [1913 Webster]
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