squama

Meaning

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

Concepts

scale

scales

flother

Translations

écaille

escama

Schuppe

squama

Schneeflocke

❄️

fiocco di neve

❄️

escames

χιονονιφάδα

Flocke

νιφάδα

flocon

flocon de neige

Schuppen

esquames

escates

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈskʷaː.ma]

Etymology

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