Definition of "squama" []

• A scale or scalelike structure. (noun)
• A thin platelike mass, as of bone. (noun)

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• "Projecting from the lower part of the squama is a long, arched process, the zygomatic process."
• "Of squama aeris, as much as three specilla can contain, with the gluten of summer wheat: levigate, pound, form into pills, and give; it purges water downwards."
• "Pangolin squama composite nanostructures, non-smooth surfaces"