Thesaurus: scutellum

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1. n. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
2. n. 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.
3. n. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
4. 1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
5. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of theproper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
6. n. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. n. 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. n. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.