Desquamate :: Desquamate (v. i.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases..

Desquamation :: Desquamation (n.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones..

Desquamative :: Desquamative (a.) Alt. of Desquamator.

Desquamatory :: Desquamatory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation..

Desquamatory :: Desquamatory (n.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.

Squama :: Squamae (pl. ) of Squam.

Squamaceous :: Squama (n.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

Squamae :: Squalor (n.) Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

Squamata :: Squamaceous (a.) Squamose.

Squamate :: Squamata (n. pl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins..

Squamated :: Squamate (a.) Alt. of Squamate.

Squamduck :: Squamated (a.) Same as Squamose.

Squame :: Squamduck () The American eider duck.

Squame :: Squame (n.) A scale.

Squamella :: Squamellae (pl. ) of Squamell.

Squamellae :: Squame (n.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean..

Squamellate :: Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..

Squamiform :: Squamellate (a.) Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.

Squamigerous :: Squamiform (a.) Having the shape of a scale.

Squamipen :: Squamipennes (pl. ) of Squamipe.

Squamipennes :: Squamigerous (a.) Bearing scales.

Squamoid :: Squamipen (n.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

Squamosal :: Squamoid (a.) Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly..

Squamosal :: Squamosal (a.) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone..

Squamosal :: Squamosal (a.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone.

Squamose :: Squamosal (n.) The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal..

Squamous :: Squamose () Alt. of Squamou.

Squamous :: Squamous () Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale..

Squamozygomatic :: Squamous () Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

Squamozygomatic :: Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls..

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