Scute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skjuːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scute is a noun meaning (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs.
Meaning
(genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.
- (obsolete) A small shield.
- (historical) An old French gold coin.
Example Sentences
Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him.
But yet they ouer shote vs Wyth crownes and wyth scutus; With scutis and crownes of gold I drede we are bought and solde; […]
Word Forms
- scutes
Synonyms for scute
Depending on context, synonyms include scutum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include homolog, scutum, scutellation, shell, postscutellum, scutation.
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