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Scutellum   Listen
noun
Scutellum  n.  (pl. scutella)  
1.
(Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
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; a scutella. See Thorax.
(b)
One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.






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