Scutcher
(Scutch"er) n.
1. One who scutches.
2. An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton, etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.
Scutch grass
(Scutch" grass`) (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in
Appendix.
Scute
(Scute) n. [L. scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo.]
1. A small shield. [Obs.] Skelton.
2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
3. (Zoöl.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a
snake.
Scutella
(||Scu*tel"la) n. pl. See Scutellum.
Scutella
(||Scu*tel"la), n.; pl. Scutellæ [NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum.] (Zoöl.) See Scutellum, n., 2.
Scutellate
(Scu"tel*late Scu"tel*la`ted) , a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
1. (Zoöl.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a
sturgeon. Woodward.
2. [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; — said of
certain birds.
Scutellation
(Scu`tel*la"tion) n. (Zoöl.) The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on
the legs and feet of a bird.
Scutelliform
(Scu*tel"li*form) a. [L. scutella a dish + -form.]
1. Scutellate.
2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum.
Scutelliplantar
(Scu*tel`li*plan"tar) a. [L. scutellus a shield + planta foot.] (Zoöl.) Having broad scutella
on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; — said of certain birds.
Scutellum
(||Scu*tel"lum) n.; pl. Scutella [NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield.]
1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification
of certain lichens.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of the
transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
Scutibranch
(Scu"ti*branch) a. (Zoöl.) Scutibranchiate. — n. One of the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchia
(||Scu`ti*bran"chi*a) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchian
(Scu`ti*bran"chi*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
