scute (skūt) any squama or scalelike structure, especially the bony plate separating the upper tympanic cavity and mastoid cells (tympanic s.) .
scute [skūt]
scute (sky t)n. A thin platelike structure. |
scute [skūt]
a squama or scalelike structure.
tympanic scute the bony plate which divides the upper part of the tympanic cavity from the mastoid cells.
scute
any squama or scalelike structure, especially one of the thick epidermal plates on the head of snakes, or the shell of a tortoise.
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