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squama

squama noun: a scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.

Noun

squama (plural squamae or squamas)

  1. A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
  2. The bract of a deciduous spike.
  3. Any scaly bracted leaf.
  4. A calypter.

squama meaning in Tamil

squama in Tamil

அளவுக்கோல், தகடு

Forms of squama

pluralsquamae
pluralsquamas

Origin of squama

Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.

Words formed from squama

Questions about squama

What does squama mean?
Squama means a scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
What is squama in Tamil?
Squama in Tamil is அளவுக்கோல், தகடு. See Squama meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is squama?
Squama is a noun.
What is the plural of squama?
The plural of squama is squamae.

Words near squama in the dictionary

  1. squalorajid
  2. squalorajids
  3. squalorous
  4. squalors
  5. squam
  6. squama
  7. squamaceous
  8. squamae
  9. squamal
  10. squamas
  11. squamate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squama (page history and authors); squama (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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