单词 | scutellate |
释义 | scutellateadj. 1. Botany. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > cup or saucer-shaped scutellate1785 acetabuliform1824 cupulate1835 crateriform1866 cupular1870 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 497 The sections of the genus [Lichens] are,..2. Scutellate, or such as have little shields, or roundish receptacles with a rim. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 79 Calix scutellate as in the whole genus. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) Gloss. Scutellate..saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 284 Cup superficial,..sessile, scutellate. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes Gloss. Scutellate, formed like a dish or saucer, orbicular and nearly flat. 2. Zoology. a. Entomology. Of an insect: ‘Having a visible scutellum’. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 332. b. Ornithology. Of the feet of birds: Covered with scutella. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > covered with scutella scutellate1872 scutellated1872 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 46 A tarsus so furnished is said to be scutellate, before or behind, or both. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 511 The podotheca or covering of the tarsus, which is scutellate behind as well as in front. c. Of certain structures: Shaped like a platter. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > platter-shaped scutellated1728 pateriform1826 scutelliform1826 scutellate1849 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 4/2 Amœba enclosed in an urceolate or scutellate shell. 1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 48 Arcella, Ehrenb. Lorica scutellate, globose, or hemispherical. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1785 |
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