*scute*

a. [ Pref. ex- + scutellate. ] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Post-, and Scutellum. ] (Zool.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo. ] 1. A small shield. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n.; pl. Scutellae [ NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum. ] (Zool.) See Scutellum, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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 ]

n. (Zool.) The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutella a dish + -form. ] 1. Scutellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutellus a shield + planta foot. ] (Zool.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]