squama /squa·ma/ (skwah´mah) pl. squa´mae [L.] a scale or thin, platelike structure.squa´mate
squama
squa·ma (skw  m , skwä-)n. pl. squa·mae (-m   ) 1. A thin platelike mass, as of bone. 2. A scale or scalelike structure. squa mate (-mt) adj. |
squama
[skwā′mə] pl. squamae,
1 a flattened scale from the epidermis.
2 the thin, expanded part of a bone, especially in the cranial wall.
squama
pl. squamae [L.] a scale, or thin, platelike structure.
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