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What (who) is scute - definition
BONY EXTERNAL PLATE OR SCALE ON CERTAIN ANIMALS
Scutes; Alloscutum; Conscutum
![Scutes on an [[alligator]] foot](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alligator foot detail.jpg?width=200 "Scutes on an [[alligator]] foot")
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![The [[pineconefish]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monocentris japonica 001.jpg?width=200 "The [[pineconefish]]")
![leopard tortoise]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stigmochelys pardalis05.jpg?width=200 "leopard tortoise]]")
![This detail of a ''[[Glyptodon]]'' displays its scutes. From the collection of the [[Children's Museum of Indianapolis]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Glyptodon scute - detail.jpg?width=200 "This detail of a ''[[Glyptodon]]'' displays its scutes. From the collection of the [[Children's Museum of Indianapolis]].")
Scute
·noun A small shield.
II. Scute ·noun An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
III. Scute ·noun A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
scute
[skju:t]
¦ noun Zoology a thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle's shell or on the back of a crocodile, stegosaurus, etc.
Origin
ME (denoting a coin): from L. scutum.
Scute
A scute or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds. The term is also used to describe the anterior portion of the mesonotum in insects as well as some arachnids (e.
Wikipedia
Scute
A scute or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds. The term is also used to describe the anterior portion of the mesonotum in insects as well as some arachnids (e.g., the family Ixodidae, the scale ticks).
