Category:Scutellate

Scu"tel*late, scu"tel*la`ted, a. Etym: [l. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; As, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.

2. Etym: [see scutellum.] (zoöl.)

Defn: having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or Scutella; -- said of certain birds.