squamate
/ˈskweɪmət/
squamate adjective: covered in scales.
Adjective
squamate (not comparable)
- Covered in scales.
- The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 45
- Synonyms:
- scaly, squamose, scaled, scarious, squamated, squamiferous, squamoid, furfuraceous, squamous, squamulose
Noun
UK/ˈskweɪmeɪt/
squamate (plural squamates)
- Any reptile of the order Squamata; a lizard, snake or mosasauroid.
- In particular, dinosaurs did not participate in the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, some 130 to 100 Ma, when flowering plants, leaf-eating insects, social insects, squamates, and many other modern groups radiated substantially.2009 February 6, Michael J. Benton, “The Red Queen and the Court Jester: Species Diversity and the Role of Biotic and Abiotic Factors Through Time”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages...
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Forms of squamate
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Origin of squamate
From Latin squāmātus (“scaly”).
From the taxonomic name Squamata, from Latin squāmātus.
Words formed from squamate
Questions about squamate
- What does squamate mean?
- Squamate means covered in scales.
- What part of speech is squamate?
- Squamate can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce squamate?
- Squamate is pronounced /ˈskweɪmət/ (UK).
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