SCUTELLUM

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.