Scute

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the underside of a snake. Also called scutum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
  • n. A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
  • n. A small shield.
  • n. An old French gold coin.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small shield.
  • n. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
  • n. A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A shield or buckler; also, a heraldic shield; an escutcheon.
  • n. An old French gold coin, of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or 80 cents.
  • n. In zoology, a scutum or scutellum, in any sense; a squama; a large scale; a shield, plate, or buckler: as, the dermal scutes of a ganoid fish, a turtle, an armadillo, a scaly ant-eater, etc. See cuts under carapace and Acipenser.
  • n. An obsolete form of scout.
  • n. In anatomy, a semilunar plate of bone forming the outer portion of the roof of the tympanum of the ear. Also called scutum tympanicum.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    protective covering   
    Cross Reference
    clavic ular scute   
    Hyponym
    shell    carapace    cuticle    shield   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scutum   
     
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