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scutal (sku'tal) a. [L. scutum, shield.] 

 Pert, a scutum. 



scutate (sku'tat) a. [L. scutum, 

 shield.] Protected by large scales 

 or horny plates (zool}. 



scute (skut) n. [L. scutum, shield.] 

 An external scale, as of Reptile, 

 Fish, or scaly Insect (zool.). 



scutella (skuteTa) n. [L. scutellum, 

 a small shield.] A scutellum or 

 shield-like structure. 



scutellar (skuteTar) a. [L. scutellum, 

 a small shield.] Pert, a scutellum. 



scutellate (skuteTat) a. [L. scutellum, 

 a small shield.] Shaped like a 

 small shield. 



scutellation (sku'tela'shun) n. [L. 

 scutellum, a small shield.] The 

 method of arrangement of scales, 

 as on tarsus of Bird (zool.}. 



scutelliform, scutellate. 



scutelligerous (sku'telij'e'rus) a. [L. 

 scutellum, a small shield ; gerere, to 

 bear.] Furnished with scutella or 

 a scutellum. 



scutelliplantar (skuteTiplan'tar) a. 

 [L. scutellum, a small shield ; planta, 

 sole of foot.] Having the tarsus 

 covered with small plates or scutella 

 (zool.). 



scutellum (skuteTum) n. [L. scutel- 

 lum, a small shield.] A tarsal scale 

 of Birds ; the posterior part of the 

 mesothoracic segment of an Insect 

 (zool.) ; the single massive coty- 

 ledon lying next the starchy 

 endosperm in seed of Maize ; a 

 development of part of the coty- 

 ledon which separates the embryo 

 from the endosperm in the seed 

 of Grasses (tot.). 



scutlferous, scutigerous. 



scutiform (sku'tiform) a. [L. scutum, 

 shield ; forma, shape.] Shaped 

 like a shield ; appl. the floating leaf 

 of Salvinia (hot}. 



scutigerous (skutij'rus)a. [L. scutum, 

 shield ; gerere, to bear.] Bearing a 

 shield-like structure (zool.}. 



scutiped (sku'tip&i) a. [L. scutum, 

 shield ; pes, foot.] Having the 

 foot or part of it covered by scutella 

 (zool.). 



scutum (sku'tum) . [L. scutum, 

 shield.] A shield-like plate, horny, 

 bony, or chitinous, developed in 

 the integument ; the fornix or 



modified spine overhanging the 

 aperture in some Cheilostomata 

 (zool.). 



scyphlferous (skiflf'grus, si-) a. [Gk. 

 skyphos, cup ; L. ferre, to bear.] 

 Bearing scyphi, as some Lichens 

 (tot.). 



scyphiform (skif'iform, si-) a. [Gk. 

 skyphos, cup ; L. forma, shape.] 

 Shaped like a cup (tot.). 



scyphistoma (skifis'toma, si-) n. [Gk. 

 skyphos, cup ; stoma, mouth.] A 

 scyphula, the scyphozoon polyp 

 stage in the development of Aurelia 

 (zool.). 



scyphose (skif'os, sl'fos) a. [Gk. 

 skyphos, cup.] Scyphiform. 



scyphula (skifula, sif-) n. [Gk. sky- 

 phos, cup.] A scyphistoma. 



scyphulus (skif'ulus, si-) n. [Gk. 

 skyphos, cup.] A small cup-shaped 

 structure (dot.). 



scyphus (skif'us, si-) . [Gk. skyphos, 

 cup.] The cup of a Narcissus ; a 

 funnel - shaped corolla ; the cup- 

 shaped expansion of the podetium 

 in some Lichens (tot.). 



sebaceous (sba'shus) a. [L. sebum, 

 tallow.] Containing or secreting 

 fatty matter ; appl. glands (anat.). 



sebiferous (sSbif'Srus) a. [L. sebum, 

 tallow ; ferre, to carry.] Conveying 

 fatty matter (phys}. 



sebiparous (sfiblp'arus) a. [L. sebum, 

 tallow ; parere, to beget.] Secreting 

 fatty matter (phys.). 



sebum (se'bum) n. [L. sebum, tallow.] 

 The secretion of sebaceous glands, 

 consisting of fatty matter and iso- 

 cholesterin (phys.). 



secodont (s6k'6d6nt) a. [L. secare, to 

 cut ; Gk. odous, tooth.] Furnished 

 with teeth adapted for cutting 

 (zool.\ 



secondary (sgk'ondari) a. [L. se- 

 cundus, second.] Second in im- 

 portance or in position (zool.) ; 

 arising, not from the growing point, 

 but from other tissue (tot.) ; n. a 

 forearm quill - feather of a bird's 

 wing ; an insect hind- wing (zool.). 



secondary bud, an axillary bud, 

 accessory to the normal one (tot.). 



secondary capitula, six small cells 

 rising from each capitulum of 

 Chara (tot.). 



secondary growth, development of 



