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squamates

squamates is the plural of squamate.

Meaning of squamate

Noun

squamate (plural squamates)

  1. 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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Questions about squamates

What is squamates the plural of?
Squamates is the plural of squamate.

Words near squamates in the dictionary

  1. squamae
  2. squamal
  3. squamas
  4. squamate
  5. squamated
  6. squamates
  7. squamatic acid
  8. squamation
  9. squamations
  10. squamatization
  11. squame

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