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A protective structure resembling a scale
Answer for the clue "A protective structure resembling a scale ", 6 letters:
squama
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a protective structure resembling a scale [also: squamae (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Squama (or squamous , squame ) refers to a structure shaped like a decumbent scale of a fish . More specifically, it can refer to: Squama frontalis Squama occipitalis Squama temporalis , the squamous portion of the temporal bone Squamous cell In Crustacea ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squama \Squa"ma\ (skw[=a]"m[.a]), n.; pl. Squam[ae] (-m[=e]). [L. a scale.] (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Usage examples of squama.
Persian cavalry, thousands of identical white Arabian stallions, prancing and snorting, their proud riders sitting erect and motionless, wearing pointed bronze helmets and chain mail that glittered in the sun like the squamae of fish.
Baker contracted small-pox, and his skin was temporarily freed from the squamae, but these reappeared shortly afterward.
Whether they're of the order crocodilia, suborder of their own, or whether they're of the order squamata, suborder lacertilia, family neopoda&mdash.