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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 scu·tel·lum /skuˈtɛləm, skju-/
 小盾板,角質鱗片,小鱗部

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scu·tel·lum n.; pl. Scutella
 1. Bot. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
 2. Zool. (a) 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; a scutella. See Thorax. (b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
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