*quam*

n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale. ] (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. desquamation. ] (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminæ of exfoliated bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Camass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a bean + &unr_; to bend, to slope. ] (Bot.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomœa Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomœa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Squam, shortened fr. Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts. ] An oilskin hat or southwester; -- a fisherman's name. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Squamae [ L. a scale. ] (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Squamose. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. squamatus scaly. ] (Zool.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. squamatus. ] Same as Squamose. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The American eider duck. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. squama scale. ] 1. A scale. [ Obs. ] “Iron squames.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Squamellae [ NL., dim. fr. L. squama a scale. ] (Bot.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. squama a scale + -form. ] Having the shape of a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) Bearing scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Squamipennes [ L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne. ] (Zool.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Chaetodon and allied genera. Many of them are called coral fishes, and angel fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. squama scale + -oid. ] Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. -- n. The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone corresponding to it, in many of the lower vertebrates. See Temporal bone, under Temporal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux. ] 1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls. -- n. A squamozygomatic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Squamulae [ L., dim. of squama a scale. ] (Bot.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Squamulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Squamula. [ 1913 Webster ]