Category:Scutiped

Scu"ti*ped, a. Etym: [l. scutum a shield + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. Scutipède.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.