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SQUAMA (squamae)
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Irregular inflected form: squamae
Dictionary entry overview: What does squama mean?
• SQUAMA (noun)
The noun SQUAMA has 1 sense:
1. a protective structure resembling a scale
Familiarity information: SQUAMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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