Scutellum
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
2.
(Zool.)
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
.
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