Scutellate \Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L.
scutella a dish, salver. Cf. {Scuttle} a basket.]
1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of
platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a
sturgeon. --Woodward.
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2. [See {Scutellum}.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with
broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain
birds.
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