scutellum (English, noun)
expansion: scutellum (plural scutella)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
lichenology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
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.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
A grass seed cotyledon that is highly modified for absorption.
Forms:
form: scutella
tags: plural