squama

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
2. noun The bract of a deciduous spike.
3. noun Any scaly bracted leaf.
4. noun A calypter.

Similar words

squamation desquamation defurfuration exfoliation shave skiver outskin skelp skim coat skin

Often followed by

and of is manitis temporalis occipitalis frontalis with occipitis

Word family

squamae