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squamulose

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aelmoqssuuStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. covered with tiny scales

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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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