01 n. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
pl.
Scutella ((#))
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A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.(Bot.)
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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.(Zool.) See: Thorax