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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, resembling two shields or bucklers placed side by side; having parts of such a character.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

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  • adjective Having two shields or bucklers (or objects with such a shape)

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ scutate

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  • In botany, resembling two bucklers placed side by side. Also used in the name of the Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata), a species found in Brazil and Paraguay.

    February 26, 2008