scutellum /skū-telˈəm/

1. A scale of a bird's foot
2. The third tergal plate of the notum of an insect's thorax
3. A structure in a grass grain, supposed to be the cotyledon, which at germination secretes hydrolytic enzymes into, and absorbs sugars etc from, the adjacent endosperm

scūtellˈar adjective

scūtˈellate adjective

scūtellāˈtion noun (zoology)

The arrangement of scales or plates on an animal's body

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