Definitions
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 orbucklers (or objects with such a shape)
Etymologies
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bi- + scutate
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reesetee commented on the word biscutate
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