1. Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake

Derived forms: scutes

Type of: protective covering

Encyclopedia: Scute

• lance corporal
• lance the boil
• lance-shaped
• lancelet
• lancelike
• Lancelot
• lanceolate
• lanceolate leaf
• lanceolate spleenwort
• lancer
• lancers
• lancet
• lancet arch
• lancet window
• lancet-shaped
• lancetfish
• lancewood
• lancewood tree
• Lanchou
• Lanchow
• lancinate
• lancinating
• land
• land agent
• land area