noun🔗ShareA horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles."The turtle's shell is covered in hard, protective plates called scutes. "animalbiologyanatomypartbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs"The Drosophila research team studied scutes to understand how sensory bristles develop on fruit flies. "biologybiochemistryorganismpartanatomysciencetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA small shield."The turtle's shell is made of many individual plates called scutes, which protect it from predators. "animalbiologypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn old French gold coin."The antique dealer carefully examined the small collection of gold coins, hoping to find a valuable scutes among them. "valuehistoryeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
