Etymology

squamoid

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Today it means: Resembling a scale. Full definition →

Latin squama
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsquama“scale”
  2. English todaysquamoid

From Latin squama (“scale”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Latinsquama all →

squamasquamesquamella

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