Scute
noun, Zoology.
1.
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
2.
a large scale.
noun
1.
(zoology) a horny or chitinous plate that makes up part of the exoskeleton in armadillos, turtles, fishes, etc
scute (skyōōt)
n.
A thin platelike structure.
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