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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the scales or scutes which cover the abdomen of a snake from the head to the tail; an abdominal scute or scutellum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.

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  • noun zoology One of the large scales on the belly of a snake.

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Ancient Greek

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