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‖ squamula Zool., Ent., and Bot.|ˈskweɪmjʊlə| [L., dim. of squāma scale.] A small scale; a squamule.
1754Dict. Arts & Sci. s.v. Lepidoptera, Four wings, which are covered with imbricated squamulæ. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 15 The central part assumes the figure of a squamula. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 294 In certain other genera, as Bambusa, and Stipa, a third squamula exists. |