Meanings
comparative more squamulose · superlative most squamulose
- biologyHaving small scales.
The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.
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Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.
2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84Synonyms: scaly, squamous, scaled, scaly, scarious, squamate, squamated, squamiferous · Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving small scales.
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Origin
- Latinsquamula“small scales”
- New Latinsquāmulōsus“squamulose”
- Englishsquamulose
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.
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