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squalus |
squalus acanthias |
squalus suckleyi |
squam |
squam duck |
squama
| squamaceous
| squamata
| squamate
| squamated
| squame
squama
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun squama has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
squama, n. [L. a scale.].
A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
squama, n. (pl. squamae)
1 a scale on an animal or plant.
2 a thin scalelike plate of bone.
3 a scalelike feather.
1 a scale on an animal or plant.
2 a thin scalelike plate of bone.
3 a scalelike feather.
Derivative
squamate adj. squamose adj. squamous adj. squamule n.
Etymology
L squama
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