Scutellate
Scutellate , adjective
[Latin scutella a dish, salver. Compare Scuttle a basket.]
1.
(Zoology) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. — Woodward
2.
(Zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
Also: Scutellated