Associations to the word «Scutellum»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
| 1 |
Wiktionary
SCUTELLUM, noun. Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
SCUTELLUM, noun. (lichenology) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
SCUTELLUM, noun. (zoology) 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.
SCUTELLUM, noun. (zoology) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds.
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.