Word Meaning

Meaning of scutellum

- A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
- 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.
- One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.