escama

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) scale (of an animal or insect)
2. (feminine) scale

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of escamar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of escamar:

escamar

1. (transitive) to flake (to break or chip off in a flake)
2. (Valencia, transitive) to scale (to remove the scales of)

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Concepts

scale

Synonyms

escata

Translations

λέπι

φολίδα

escama

squama

scaglia

écaille

حرْشف

قِشْرة

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əsˈka.mə]

Etymology

From Latin squāma. Doublet of esquama.