Scū'tel-late or Scū'tel-lā'ted, a.

a. [N. Lat. scutellatus, from Lat. scutella, a dish, a salver, diminutive of scutra; Fr. scutellé.] Formed like a plate or salver; composed of plate-like surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. [Obs.] Woodward.