Scutellum Definition

skyo͝o-tĕləm
scutella
noun
Any of various parts shaped like a shield.
Webster's New World
A small, horny scale or plate.
Webster's New World
Any of several shield-shaped structures, such as the cotyledon of a grass.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Scutellum

Noun

Singular:
scutellum
Plural:
scutella

Origin of Scutellum

  • New Latin scūtellum from Latin diminutive of scūtum shield scutum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Neuter diminutive of Latin scutum a shield.

    From Wiktionary

Scutellum Sentence Examples

  • The Pentatomidae (shield bugs), some of which are metallic or otherwise brightly coloured, are easily recognized by the great development of the scutellum, which reaches at least half-way back towards the tip of the abdomen, and in some genera covers the whole of the hind body, and also the wings when these are closed.

  • The Coreidae have a smaller scutellum, and the feelers are inserted high on the head, while in the Lygaeidae they are inserted lower down.

  • In the curious little Tingidae, whose integuments exhibit a pattern of network-like ridges, the feet are two-segmented and the scutellum is hidden by the pronotum.

  • The Aradidae have two segmented feet, and a large visible scutellum.

  • The part in contact with the endosperm is plate-like, and is known as the scutellum; the surface in contact with the endosperm forms an absorptive epithelium.

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