Scu*tel`li*plan"tar (?), a. [L. scutellus a shield + planta foot.]
(Zoöl.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the
posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
||Scu*tel"lum (?), n.; pl. Scutella (#). [NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum
||a shield.] 1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim
||formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
2. (Zoöl.) (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.
Scu"ti*branch (?), a. (Zoöl.) Scutibranchiate. -- n. One of the
Scutibranchiata.
||Scu`ti*bran"chi*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scutibranchiata.
Scu`ti*bran"chi*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
||Scu`ti*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Scutum, and Branchia.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two
||auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or
||shieldlike.
It is now usually regarded as including only the Rhipidoglossa and the
Docoglossa. When originally established, it included a heterogenous
group of mollusks having shieldlike shells, such as Haliotis,
Fissurella, Carinaria, etc.
Scu`ti*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the gills protected by a
shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n. One of
the Scutibranchiata.
Scu*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. scutum shield + -ferous.] Carrying a shield
or buckler.
Scu"ti*form (?), a. [L. scutum shield + -form: cf. F. scutiforme.]
Shield-shaped; scutate.
||Scu"ti*ger (?), n. [NL., fr. L. scutum shield + gerere to bear.]
||(Zoöl.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera.
||They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.
Scu"ti*ped (?), a. [L. scutum a shield + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F.
scutipède.] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered
with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands
terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.
Scut"tle (?), n. [AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; both
fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. scutum a
shield. Cf. Skillet.] 1. A broad, shallow basket.