Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thin layer; a scale.
- noun In zoöl, a scale or squama.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A scale.
- noun (Zoöl.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
scale (of metal, or on the eyes etc.). - noun zoology The
scale , orexopodite , of anantenna of acrustacean . - noun medicine A
flake of deadskin tissue.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Old French esquame, from Latin squāma.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word squame.
Examples
-
Plate: any broad flattened piece or sclerite: = squame, in Coccidae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.