squama

4 English words descend from Latin squama, most common first.

squamaA scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
squameThe scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
squamellaA diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
squamoidResembling a scale.

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