Scutes

Word SCUTES
Character 6
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Definitions and meanings of "Scutes"

What do we mean by scutes?

A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.

A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs

A small shield.

An old French gold coin.

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The word "scutes" in example sentences

Down their wide flanks run reptilian spikes, called "scutes," ancient prototypes of fish scales. ❋ Stinson Carter (2011)

The bony plates or scales on crocodiles, called scutes, are clipped during first captures. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The plates on the back are called scutes; firefly larvae also have this character. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It takes two hours to do all that is needed - taking skin samples for genetic studies, recording information about the turtle's shell including the locations of barnacles and number of "scutes," attaching a metal ID-tag to each of the turtle's flippers, and weighing and measuring each of the four turtles. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She cuts away most of the bony protective skin from its back, but leaves three ridges called 'scutes' near the tail to identify the work as hers to anyone who inspects or grades the hide. ❋ Bill Crider (2007)

The dermis when hardened becomes bony, and of such nature are the bony skin-plates or "scutes" and teeth. ❋ Unknown (1874)

His iron scutes clanged violently, sounding the bells of the Church of the Contumacious Rhinoceros. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

Concave scutes decorated his spine and not incidentally provided smooth seats for any who might choose to ride there. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

Apart from the large bony frill that did well at protecting the herbivore's jugular, Triceratops also sported several hard, bony scutes, impressions of which have been found in some fossil formations. ❋ Prehistoric Insanity (2009)

The Red-Ear'd Slider makes a great post urination wheel chock due to the fringed marginal scutes on the carapace. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

Five spinal scutes called vertebrals, 8 flanking scutes 4 per side called pleurals and ringed in by 20 edge scutes called marginals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The top of the turtle shell or carapace consists of 33 plates or scutes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the bottom or plastron are six pairs of scutes from head to tail called the gular, humeral, pectoral, abdominal, femoral and anal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Melanin pigment in the scutes forms designs and patterns which are unique to each species. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As their name implies, soft-shelled turtles lack scutes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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