Scutiped

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

  Scutiped \Scu"ti*ped\, a. [L. scutum a shield + pes, pedis, a
     foot: cf. F. scutip[`e]de.] (Zool.)
     Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with
     scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete
     bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of
     certain birds.


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