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squamulose

Syllables: squa·mul·oseUK/ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/US/ˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/

squamulose adjective: having small scales.

Adjective

squamulose (comparative more squamulose, superlative most squamulose)

  1. Having small scales.
    • The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.
    • Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84

squamulose meaning in Tamil and Bengali

squamulose in Tamil

நுண் செதிள்களாலான, நுண் செதிள்களால் போர்க்கப்பெற்ற

squamulose in Bengali

ছোট আঁশ যুক্ত

Synonyms of squamulose

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of squamulose

Forms of squamulose

comparativemore squamulose
superlativemost squamulose

Origin of squamulose

From New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose.

Words formed from squamulose

Questions about squamulose

What does squamulose mean?
Squamulose means having small scales.
What is squamulose in Tamil?
Squamulose in Tamil is நுண் செதிள்களாலான, நுண் செதிள்களால் போர்க்கப்பெற்ற. See Squamulose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is squamulose?
Squamulose is an adjective.
How do you pronounce squamulose?
Squamulose is pronounced /ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/ (UK).

Words near squamulose in the dictionary

  1. squamulation
  2. squamulations
  3. squamule
  4. squamules
  5. squamuliform
  6. squamulose
  7. squamulosely
  8. squandamania
  9. squander
  10. squanderable
  11. squanderation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: squamulose (page history and authors); squamulose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); squamulose (Bengali 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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