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Definition of: scutellate
(sky
·tel′it, sky′tə·lāt) adjective Zool.
1. Platterlike; shield-shaped.
2. Covered with transverse scales; scutate. Also scu′tel·lat′ed (-lā′tid). [<NL scutellatus <L scutella a platter, dim. of scutra a tray; infl. in meaning by L scutum a shield]
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