squama

(Anglès)

  1. (declension-1) scale (of a fish or reptile)
  2. (broadly, declension-1) flake; any item shaped like a scale

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[ˈskʷaː.ma]
Etimologia (Anglès)

Probably related to squālus (“filthy, foul”) or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

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