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Definition of Squame
1. n. A scale.
Definition of Squame
1. Noun. (obsolete) A scale (of metal, or on the eyes etc.). ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean. ¹
3. Noun. (medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squame
1. a scale [n -S]
Medical Definition of Squame
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1. A scale. "iron squames."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squame
Literary usage of Squame
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"Amphipoda, the squame ... e without squame, in the male with unusually long
flagellum, in the female ... with well - developed squame (Fig. 210, GI). ..."
2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"Pistil and squame ; /. 4. Ovary laid open to show the solitary ovule ; f. 5.
Nut :—magnified. Notes O/ALG/E observed at different altitudes in Aberdeenshire ..."
3. The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology by Thomas Henry Huxley (1880)
"The squame is fully twice as long as it is broad, with a general ... Where these
two edges join in front, the squame is produced into a strong spine. ..."
4. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals ; for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1902)
"Antennae without squame ; first pair of thoracic legs ... Antennae with squame.
«i. squame small; antennules and ..."
5. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals, for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1900)
"squame small; antennules and antennae near each other ; first pair of thoracic
legs very heavy with great chel*; cephalo- thorax with cross-suture ; gills ..."
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