different between scute vs scutate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skju?t/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo and scudo.

Noun

scute (plural scutes)

1. (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.

2. (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
3. (obsolete) A small shield.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)

4. (historical) An old French gold coin.

Synonyms

• scutum

Translations

Anagrams

• Cetus, cutes

English

Etymology

From Latin scut?tus, from scutum (“shield”).

Adjective

scutate (comparative more scutate, superlative most scutate)

1. Shaped like a shield or buckler.
2. Of, pertaining to or covered with scutes.

Anagrams

• East Cut, acutest

Latin

Adjective

sc?t?te

1. vocative masculine singular of sc?t?tus