scutel

English

Noun

scutel (plural scutels)

  1. Obsolete form of scutella.
    • 1870, American Entomologist and Botanist, volume 2, page 301:
      The curved black line behind the scutel is usually expanded, in connection with the metathoracic black vitta, into a broad black triangle, the apex of which does not quite attain the abdominal peduncle.

Old English

Noun

sċutel m

  1. a dish (glosses Latin catinus)

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