SQUAMA

squama

(noun) a protective structure resembling a scale

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

squama (plural squamae or squamas)

(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.

(botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.

(botany) Any scaly bracted leaf.

(entomology) calypter

Source: Wiktionary

Squa"ma, n.; pl. Squamæ. Etym: [L. a scale.] (Med.)

Definition: A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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