Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

squama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
squa-ma
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

The bract of a deciduous spike.

noun

Any scaly bracted leaf.

noun

A calypter.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

squamae (plural) squamas (plural)

Derived Forms

squamation

Frequently Paired Words

squamous

Questions

What does squama mean?
A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
Where does squama come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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