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squamulose

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
25
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/
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/ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/ · /ˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/

Definition of squamulose

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having small scales.
    “The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.”
    “Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.”

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Etymology

From New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose.

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