[botany] The scutellum is part of the structure of a barley and rice seed—the modified seed leaf. The scutellum (from the latin scutella meaning `small shield`) can also refer to the equivalence of a thin cotyledon in monocots (especially members of the grass family). It is very thin with high surface area, and serves to absorb nutrients ...
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[insect anatomy] The scutellum is the posterior portion of either the mesonotum or the metanotum of an insect thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups. In the Hemiptera, and some Coleoptera, the scutellum is a small triangular plate behind the pronotum and...
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[trilobite] Scutellum was a genus of trilobite in the family Styginidae. They lived during the Devonian Period and are most often found in the Atlas Mountain area of Morocco. ...
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A triangular plate on back between bases of wings
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In nematodes: An enlarged, shield-like phasmid. (Pl. scutella.)
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. • (n.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the prop...
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(from the article `Poaceae`) ...itself consists of two major parts, endosperm and embryo. Endosperm is a starchy, storage tissue (popcorn is exploded endosperm). The embryo lies ... ...including the grasses (Gramineae) and orchids (Orchidaceae), embryogenesis is much less regular. The grass embryo possesses structures that do not ... ...
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The 3rd of the major divisions of the dorsal surface of a thoracic segment: usually obvious only in the mesothorax and very large in some bugs.
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Part of the embryo in seeds of the Poaceae (grasses). Can be considered equivalent to the cotyledon of other monocotyledenous seeds. During germination, absorbs degraded storage material from the endosperm and transfers it to the growing axis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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The single cotyledon of grass embryo.
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Part of the embryo in seeds of the Poaceae (grasses). Can be considered equivalent to the cotyledon of other monocotyledenous seeds. During germination, absorbs degraded storage material from the endosperm and transfers it to the growing axis.
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Scu·tel'lum noun ;
plural Scutella . [ New Latin , neut. dim. of Latin
scutum a shield.]
1. (Botany) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
2. (Zoology) (a) The...
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The 3rd of the major divisions of the dorsal surface of a thoracic segment: usually obvious only in the mesothorax and very large in some bugs.
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scutellum A hard small plate or scale; for example, on the thorax of an insect or a toe of a bird.
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the posterior third of the mesonotum
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