Assertion: alligator's bony plate | /r/Synonym | scute
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text: Their skins are covered with tough, bony plates called scutes.
text: An alligator's body is covered with bony plates called osteoderms or scutes.
text: However, they do have extremely tough skin, and an armored back protected by bony plates called scutes.
text: Bony plates inside the skin, called osteoderms or scutes, make the skin very hard to penetrate.
text: The skin is so tough because of hard bony plates called scutes.
text: Extremely thick skin protected by bony plates called scutes prevent harm from most attacks.
text: Gator’s bodied are embedded with bony plates called osteoderms or scutes, and have muscular flat tails.
text: Alligators have an “armored” body with embedded bony plates called osteoderms or scutes.