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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

scutellus

a shield +

planta

foot.]

(Zool.)

Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; – said of certain birds.

scutelliplantar ‎(not comparable)

(zoology, of birds) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus.