scute (English, noun)
expansion: scute (plural scutes)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
glosses: A small shield.
tags: obsolete
glosses: An old French gold coin.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: scutes
tags: plural