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Scute
(gcide) | Scute \Scute\, n. [L. scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo.]
1. A small shield. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling,
or about 80 cents.
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3. (Zool.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny
scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
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scute
(wn) | scute
n 1: large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or
the underside of a snake |
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Biscutella
(gcide) | Biscutella \Biscutella\ n.
a genus off Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard.
Syn: genus Biscutella.
[WordNet 1.5]Buckler \Buc"kler\, n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a
shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See
Buckle, n.]
1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one
of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of
the body.
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Note: In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in
England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to
cover the body, but to stop or parry blows.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many
ganoid fishes.
(b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
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3. (Naut.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a
hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to
prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
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Blind buckler (Naut.), a solid buckler.
Buckler mustard (Bot.), a genus of plants (Biscutella)
with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on
bursting resembles two bucklers or shields.
Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a
buckler. See Christ's thorn.
Riding buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the
passage of a cable.
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Coccotorus scutellaris
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Exscutellate
(gcide) | Exscutellate \Ex*scu"tel*late\, a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of
certain insects.
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Ninox scutellatus
(gcide) | Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek,
AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht,
Icel. haukr, Sw. h["o]k, Dan. h["o]g, prob. from the root of
E. heave.] (Zool.)
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the
family Falconid[ae]. They differ from the true falcons in
lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in
having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size
and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were
formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the
word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as
the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
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Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed
hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered ({Buteo
lineatus}); the broad-winged (Buteo Pennsylvanicus);
the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the
sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk,
Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk,
under Night.
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Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.
Hawk eagle (Zool.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
Spiz[ae]tus, or Limn[ae]tus, intermediate between the
hawks and eagles. There are several species.
Hawk fly (Zool.), a voracious fly of the family
Asilid[ae]. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Hawk moth. (Zool.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.
Hawk owl. (Zool.)
(a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It
flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
(b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus).
Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the
striking mechanism of a clock.
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Postscutellum
(gcide) | Postscutellum \Post`scu*tel"lum\, n. [NL. See Post-, and
Scutellum.] (Zool.)
The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an
insect; the plate behind the scutellum.
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Scutella
(gcide) | Scutellum \Scu*tel"lum\, n.; pl. Scutella. [NL., neut. dim. of
L. scutum a shield.]
1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed
of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain
lichens.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of
a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the
scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a
scutella. See Thorax.
(b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of
birds; a scutella.
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See Scutellum.
[1913 Webster]Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n.; pl. Scutellae. [NL., fem. dim. of
L. scutum.] (Zool.)
See Scutellum, n., 2.
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Scutellae
(gcide) | Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n.; pl. Scutellae. [NL., fem. dim. of
L. scutum.] (Zool.)
See Scutellum, n., 2.
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Scutellaria lateriflora
(gcide) | mad-dog skullcap \mad-dog skullcap\, mad-dog weed \mad-dog
weed\n. (Bot.)
An American mint (Scutellaria lateriflora) that yields a
resinous exudate used esp. formerly as an antispasmodic.
Syn: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, {Scutellaria
lateriflora}.
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Scutellate
(gcide) | Scutellate \Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L.
scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of
platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a
sturgeon. --Woodward.
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2. [See Scutellum.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with
broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain
birds.
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Scutellated
(gcide) | Scutellate \Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L.
scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of
platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a
sturgeon. --Woodward.
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2. [See Scutellum.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with
broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain
birds.
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Scutellation
(gcide) | Scutellation \Scu`tel*la"tion\, n. (Zool.)
The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on
the legs and feet of a bird.
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Scutelliform
(gcide) | Scutelliform \Scu*tel"li*form\, a. [L. scutella a dish + -form.]
1. Scutellate.
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2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum.
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Scutelliplantar
(gcide) | Scutelliplantar \Scu*tel`li*plan"tar\, a. [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.
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Scutellum
(gcide) | Scutellum \Scu*tel"lum\, n.; pl. Scutella. [NL., neut. dim. of
L. scutum a shield.]
1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed
of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain
lichens.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of
a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the
scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a
scutella. See Thorax.
(b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of
birds; a scutella.
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apis mellifera scutellata
(wn) | Apis mellifera scutellata
n 1: a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as
a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee;
retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread
as far north as Texas [syn: Africanized bee, {Africanized
honey bee}, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata,
Apis mellifera adansonii] |
biscutella
(wn) | Biscutella
n 1: genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard
[syn: Biscutella, genus Biscutella] |
genus biscutella
(wn) | genus Biscutella
n 1: genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard
[syn: Biscutella, genus Biscutella] |
genus scutellaria
(wn) | genus Scutellaria
n 1: an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps [syn:
Scutellaria, genus Scutellaria] |
oxyuranus scutellatus
(wn) | Oxyuranus scutellatus
n 1: large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia [syn:
taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus] |
scute
(wn) | scute
n 1: large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or
the underside of a snake |
scutellaria
(wn) | Scutellaria
n 1: an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps [syn:
Scutellaria, genus Scutellaria] |
scutellaria lateriflora
(wn) | Scutellaria lateriflora
n 1: an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used
especially formerly as an antispasmodic [syn: {blue
pimpernel}, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, {mad-dog
weed}, Scutellaria lateriflora] |
solenostemon scutellarioides
(wn) | Solenostemon scutellarioides
n 1: perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large
usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of
blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon
[syn: painted nettle, Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei,
Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides] |
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