英语词汇“squames”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

squama /skwāˈmə or skwäˈmə/

noun

squaˈmae

A scale

A scalelike structure

A thin plate of bone

The exopodite of an antenna in Crustacea

ORIGIN: L squāma a scale

Squamāˈta /skwə-/ plural noun (zoology)

An order of reptiles comprising snakes and lizards

squāˈmate adjective

Scaly

squamāˈtion /skwə-/ noun

Scaliness

The mode of arrangement of scales

squame /skwām/ noun

A scale or squama

squamellˈa /skwə-/ noun

A little scale

squāˈmiform adjective

Like a scale

squamosal /skwə-mōˈsl/ noun

A paired membrane bone of the vertebrate skull, the squamous portion of the temporal bone (also adjective)

squāˈmose or squāˈmous adjective

squāmosˈity noun

squamula /skwamˈū-lə or skwāmˈ/ noun

squamˈule noun

A little scale

squamˈūlose adjective

squamous cell carcinoma noun

A tumour of the flattened, scalelike cells in the skin