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squamigerous

squamigerous adjective: bearing scales.

Adjective

squamigerous (comparative more squamigerous, superlative most squamigerous)

  1. (dated) Bearing scales.
    • Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?1897 May 13, “Run Here, Somebody”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume LXVII (old series) / XXXII (new series), number 291, Montgomery, Ala.: The Advertiser Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 2

Forms of squamigerous

comparativemore squamigerous
superlativemost squamigerous

Origin of squamigerous

From Latin squamiger; squama (“a scale”) + gerere (“to bear”).

Words that rhyme with squamigerous

17 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about squamigerous

What does squamigerous mean?
Squamigerous means bearing scales.
What part of speech is squamigerous?
Squamigerous is an adjective.

Words near squamigerous in the dictionary

  1. squamelliferous
  2. squamelliform
  3. squames
  4. squamiferous
  5. squamiform
  6. squamigerous
  7. Squamish
  8. Squamish-Lillooet
  9. squammy
  10. squamo-
  11. squamoadenocarcinoma

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