scutiformadj.
/ˈskjuːtɪfɔːm/ Chiefly Anatomy.
Shield-shaped.
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scutiform1656
scutiformal1694
peltoid1857
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Scutiform, fashioned like a Scutcheon or Shield.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Scutiform Gristle, the first, the broadest and the biggest of the two Gristles of the Larynx, resembling a Buckler.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 330 A single joint of the hand is dilated into a broad scutiform plate.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 382 Two flat plates composing the thyroid or scutiform cartilage.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 447 The two upper give rise to the first leaf (cotyledon), which, on account of its peculiar form, is known as the ‘scutiform leaf’.
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scutiform1656
scutiformal1694
peltoid1857
1694 W. Cowper Μυοτομια Reformata 82 The Thyroidal or Scutiformal Cartilage.
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