scutulate, a.
(ˈskjuːtjʊlət)
Also erron. scutilate.
[ad. mod.L. scūtulāt-us, f. L. scūtulum dim. of scūtum shield.]
= scutellate. Also ˈscutulated a.
| 1827 R. Jameson tr. Cuvier's Theory of Earth (ed. 5) 310 Two-thirds of the leg, and the whole length of the toes, are scutulate. 1848 Hepburn in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 276 Tarsus short,..scutilate in front. 1885 C. F. Holder Marv. Animal Life 127 [Other species] are the..spotted, scutulated, confluent, and the black-tail rattlesnakes. |