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scutiferous

scutiferous adjective: having a scute.

Adjective

scutiferous (not comparable)

  1. Having a scute.

Origin of scutiferous

From Latin scutum (“shield”) + -ferous.

Questions about scutiferous

What does scutiferous mean?
Scutiferous means having a scute.
What part of speech is scutiferous?
Scutiferous is an adjective.

Words near scutiferous in the dictionary

  1. scutibranchiate
  2. scutibranchiates
  3. scutibranchs
  4. scuticociliate
  5. scuticociliates
  6. scutiferous
  7. scutiform
  8. scutiforms
  9. scutigerellid
  10. scutigerid
  11. scutigerids

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