squama (English, noun)
expansion: squama (plural squamae or squamas)
Senses:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The bract of a deciduous spike.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any scaly bracted leaf.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A calypter.
Forms:
form: squamae
tags: plural
form: squamas
tags: plural