Scutellum may refer to: *

Scutellum (insect anatomy) The scutellum is the posterior portion of either the mesonotum or the metanotum of an insect thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups. In the Hemiptera, and s ...

, a term used in the anatomy of arthropods *

Scutellum (botany) The Scutellum is part of the structure of a barley and rice seed—the modified seed leaf. The scutellum (from the Latin ''scutella'' meaning "small shield") can also refer to the equivalence of a thin cotyledon in monocots (especially members of t ...

, a term used in the morphology of grasses * ''Scutellum'' (trilobite), a genus of trilobites

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