squame

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
2. A flake of dead skin tissue.
3. A squamous (scale-like) cell.
4. A bony plate.

Sinonieme

squama

scale

scum

scute

lobulus

squamula

aileron

squamule

alula

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/skweɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin squāma. Doublet of squama.