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An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. Bacon. The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. Macaulay.

Emblazoned on or as a shield. Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old. Lowell.

One who scutches.

A small shield. [Obs.] Skelton.

See Scutellum.

Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.

the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.

Scutellate.

Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

he 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.

Scutibranchiate. -- n.

Same as Scutibranchiata.

One of the Scutibranchiata.

An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n.

Carrying a shield or buckler.

Shield-shaped; scutate.

Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

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.

To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng.]