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nounlarge bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snaketype of:
Definition that contains scute
- skullcap a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
- peristedion miniatum sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
- armored sea robin sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
- armored searobin sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
- helmetflower a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised