clypeate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clipeātus, perfect passive participle of clipeō (“to arm with a shield”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from clupeus, clipeus (“shield”). === Adjective === clypeate (comparative more clypeate, superlative most clypeate) (botany) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate. (entomology) Furnished with a protective plate, shield or shell. === References === “clypeate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === clypeāte second-person plural present active imperative of clypeō