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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

(3):

(n.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.