Squam

‖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 ]