SQUAME

Etymology

Noun

squame (plural squames)

(obsolete) A scale (of metal, or on the eyes etc.).

(zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.

(medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.

Anagrams

• masque

Source: Wiktionary

Squame, n. Etym: [L. squama scale.]

1. A scale. [Obs.] "iron squames." Chaucer.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition