scute: Meaning and Definition of

scute

Pronunciation: (skyt), [key]
— n. Zool.
  1. a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
  2. a large scale.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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