clypeate,a.Biol.|ˈklɪpiːeɪt| [f. as prec. + -ate; cf. L. clypeātus armed with a shield.] Shaped like a buckler or round shield. So also † ˈclypeated. 1711Petiver in Phil.Trans. XXVII. 388 Clipeated Candy Clover.1836Penny Cycl. V. 252 Clypeate, resembling a round buckler. In Treas.Bot. (1866).