scute

/skyoot/US // skyut //UK // (skjuːt) //

詈骂,詈词,詈詈,詈语

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Zoology.
- : a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- : a large scale.

Scutig′erous, provided with a scute or scuta; Scū′tiped, having the shanks scaly, of birds.
Tenth marginal scute: Length of anterior margin, 17 (L), 17.
Third vertebral scute: Length of anterior margin, 33; greatest width, 42; length at midline, 40 (estimated).
The width of the first vertebral scute, anteriorly and posteriorly, is less than the width of the second vertebral scute.
Eleventh marginal scute: Length of posterior margin, 14 (L).