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Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.

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  1. a. Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
  2. a. Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
  3. 1. (Zoöl.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward. 2. Etym: [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
  4. a. Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. a. Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.