scutellum

/skyoo-tel-uhm/US // skyuˈtɛl əm //UK // (skjuːˈtɛləm) //

黄芩,鳞片,盾牌,黄芩苷

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural scu·tel·la [skyoo-tel-uh]. /skyuˈtɛl ə/.
- : Botany. the shieldlike cotyledon of certain monocots.
- : Zoology. a small plate, scutum, or other shieldlike part, as on the thorax of insects or the feet of birds.

Scutell′iform, scutellate; Scutellig′erous, provided with a scutellum; Scutelliplan′tar, having the back of the tarsus scutellate.
In some grasses there is a small scale-like appendage opposite the scutellum, the epiblast.
Apodema: a conspicuous transverse band crossing the thorax in front of the scutellum in male Coccidae.
Axillae: two small, subtriangular sclerites at the lateral basal angles of the meso-scutellum in Proctytripidae.
Dorsulum: the mesonotum before the scutellum, with the wing sockets: also, specifically, the meso-scutellum.