squama

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6

Definition of squama

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
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noun

  1. A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
  2. The bract of a deciduous spike.
  3. Any scaly bracted leaf.
  4. A calypter.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.

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