different between chitinous vs scute
chitinous
English
Etymology
chitin +? -ous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?t?n?s/
Adjective
chitinous (comparative more chitinous, superlative most chitinous)
- Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
Translations
chitinous From the web:
- chitinous meaning
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scute
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skju?t/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo and scudo.
Noun
scute (plural scutes)
- (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 71:
- Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 71:
- (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
- (obsolete) A small shield.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)
- (historical) An old French gold coin.
Synonyms
- scutum
Translations
Anagrams
- Cetus, cutes
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