SQUAMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: squamae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protective structure resembling a scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("squama" is a kind of...):

scale (a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squama"):

alula; calypter (scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly)

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