mə Origin:
1700–10; < Latin squāma scale
1700–10; < Latin squāma scale
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| —n , pl -mae | |
| biology a scale or scalelike structure | |
| [C18: from Latin] | |
| squamate | |
| —adj | |
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00:10
Squama
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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squama squa·ma (skwā'mə, skwä'-)
n. pl. squa·mae (-mē')
A thin platelike mass, as of bone.
A scale or scalelike structure.
squa'mate' (-māt') adj.
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