Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Zoology A shield-shaped sclerite on the mesothorax of certain insects, posterior to the scutum.
- noun Botany Any of several shield-shaped structures, such as the cotyledon of a grass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little shield, plate, or scute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
- noun The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See
Thorax . - noun One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
shield -shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The scutellum is the white triangular spot at the front of the elytra or wingcovers, on the thorax.
What's That Bug? 2010
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Head shining, with white tomentum beneath and on each side of the face; third joint of the antennæ piceous, arista simple; thorax with two cinereous stripes and with one cinereous band, somewhat chalybeous towards the scutellum, which is tawny; the band continued on each side of the pectus, whose disk is cinereous; abdomen with an interrupted æneous-green band on the second segment, third and fourth segments æneous-green, each with three large black spots; tibia somewhat tawny towards the base; wings brown (male) or dark brown
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The large mass of endosperm cells stores food to nourish the early growth of the embryo or “germ.” fruit seed coats scutellum
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Abutting onto the endosperm from one side is the scutellum, a single modified leaf that absorbs, digests, and conducts food from the endosperm to the embryo, or “germ,” which is at the base of the fruit, and which is also well endowed with oil, enzymes, and flavor.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The large mass of endosperm cells stores food to nourish the early growth of the embryo or “germ.” fruit seed coats scutellum
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Abutting onto the endosperm from one side is the scutellum, a single modified leaf that absorbs, digests, and conducts food from the endosperm to the embryo, or “germ,” which is at the base of the fruit, and which is also well endowed with oil, enzymes, and flavor.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Axillae: two small, subtriangular sclerites at the lateral basal angles of the meso-scutellum in Proctytripidae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Omia: the shoulders: the lateral anterior angles of an agglutinated thorax, when they are distinct: = see umbone: in Coleoptera; a corneous sclerite to which the muscles of the anterior coxa are attached; also the lateral margin of the prothorax; also the lateral margin of the scutellum in Carabids and Dytiscids.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Parapsidae: the small sclerites on each side of the scutellum in
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Dorso-alar region: Diptera; between the transverse suture and the scutellum on one side and the root of the wing and the dorso-central region on the other.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
reesetee commented on the word scutellum
A small plate, scutum, or other shieldlike part, as on the thorax of insects or the feet of birds. Plural: scutella.
July 30, 2008