The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scutellate \Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
(Zo["o]l.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
--Woodward.[See Scutellum.] (Zo["o]l.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context botany English) saucer-shaped 2 (context zoology English) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.
Usage examples of "scutellate".
A motley troop of creatures-variously taloned and beaked, chitinous and scutellate, some with claws, others with pinchers-began charging up the hill.
Shad watched the scutellated humpback sink, and then heard the air around him go mad for a moment as limpkins, bitterns, ibises, jorees and ducks took off screaming and flapping.