squama

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
2. The bract of a deciduous spike.
3. Any scaly bracted leaf.
4. A calypter.

Sinonieme

scale

squame

scales

alula

scum

scurf

aileron

antisquama

calypter

lobulus

squamula

squamule

antitegula

flat bone

scute

fish scale

lamella

leafage

Vertalings

squama

escama

écaille

schub

schilfer

escama

kabuk

escata

pul gibi şey

φολίδα

λέπιο

squame

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.