Definitions
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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the large
scales on thebelly of asnake .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Claudine Broussard - Port Hawkesbury, N.S. - gastrostege
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