squama /skwāˈmə or skwäˈmə/

1. A scale
2. A scalelike structure
3. A thin plate of bone
4. The exopodite of an antenna in Crustacea

Squamāˈta /skwə-/ plural noun (zoology)

An order of reptiles comprising snakes and lizards

squāˈmate adjective

Scaly

squamāˈtion /skwə-/ noun

1. Scaliness
2. 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

1. Scaly
2. (of epithelium) consisting of a layer of flattened scalelike cells

squāmosˈity noun

squamula /skwamˈū-lə or skwāmˈ/ noun

squamˈule noun

A little scale

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