escama

Meaning

Noun

scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)

Verb

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

escamar

to scale (remove the scales from a fish)

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Concepts

scale

scales

fish scale

leafage

flake

fish scales

scurf

squama

dermal denticles

Synonyms

escama de peixe

lamela córnea

Translations

écaille

squama

Schuppe

schub

escama

schilfer

scaglia

squama

escata

escamas

escama

حشرات قشرية

λέπι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈkɐ̃.mɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: squāma

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese escama, from Latin squāma (“scale”).