scutate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shaped like a shield or buckler.
  2. Of, pertaining to or covered with scutes.

Word forms

scutate more scutate most scutate

Etymology

From Latin scutātus, from scutum (“shield”).

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