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Definition of: scutellum
(sky
·tel′əm) noun plural ·la (-ə)
1. Bot. A small shieldlike organ or part, as in the cotyledon of a plant.
2. Ornithol. A scale on the foot of a bird. [<NL, dim. of L scutum a shield]
—scu·tel′lar adjective
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