What is the meaning of Scutellum?

Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc

  1. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
  2. 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.
  3. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds.
  4. A grass seed cotyledon that is highly modified for absorption.

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.

One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds.

A grass seed cotyledon that is highly modified for absorption.

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Source: wiktionary.org