{ Scu″tel‐late (?), Scu″tel‐la′ted (?) }, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.] 1. (Zoöl.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.
2. [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; — said of certain birds.