- 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.
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