英语词汇“scutellate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

scutellate

释义

scutellum /skū-telˈəm/

noun (pl scūtellˈa)

A scale of a bird's foot
The third tergal plate of the notum of an insect's thorax
A structure in a grass grain, supposed to be the cotyledon, which at germination secretes hydrolytic enzymes into, and absorbs sugars etc from, the adjacent endosperm

ORIGIN: L scutella a tray, dimin of scutra a platter, confused in scientific use with scūtulum, dimin of scūtum a shield

scūtellˈar adjective

scūtˈellate adjective

scūtellāˈtion noun (zoology)

The arrangement of scales or plates on an animal's body

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