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squamate

English

Etymology

From Latin squ?m?tus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?skwe?m?t/

Adjective

squamate (comparative more squamate, superlative most squamate)

  1. (chiefly zoology) Covered in scales.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 45:
      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.

Synonyms

  • scaly, squamose; see also Thesaurus:scaly

Noun

squamate (plural squamates)

  1. Any reptile of the order Squamata.

Hyponyms

  • lizard
  • snake

Italian

Verb

squamate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of squamare
  2. second-person plural imperative of squamare
  3. feminine plural of squamato

Latin

Adjective

squ?m?te

  1. vocative masculine singular of squ?m?tus

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squamae

English

Noun

squamae

  1. plural of squama

Latin

Noun

squ?mae

  1. nominative plural of squ?ma
  2. genitive singular of squ?ma
  3. dative singular of squ?ma
  4. vocative plural of squ?ma

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