scutter

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With their armor of triangular bumps or scutes, sturgeon don’t just look prehistoric.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Sturgeon date to the era of dinosaurs, and with their back ridges called scutes, still bear a resemblance to kids’ dinosaur toys.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2018

The plastron is made of scutes or plates; the scutes can be used to differentiate species of turtles.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Having removed the scutes and accompanying epidermis, we got to see the transversospinalis capitis musculature that runs along the dorsal surface of the neck.

From Scientific American • May 24, 2012

Among the former we notice specially the genus Doras, which is distinguished by having a series of bony scutes along the middle of the side.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various