noun. A shield-shaped sclerite on the mesothorax of certain insects, posterior to the scutum.

noun. Any of several shield-shaped structures, such as the cotyledon of a grass.

noun. A little shield, plate, or scute.

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

noun. undefined

noun. 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.

noun. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

noun. Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc

"The scutellum is the white triangular spot at the front of the elytra or wingcovers, on the thorax."

abdominal scutella  

scutella  

thorax