01 a. Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
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Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.(Zool.)
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Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.(Zool.)