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Squamulose

//ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having small scales.

    "The stem of the mushroom is squamulose."

Adjective
  1. 1
    covered with tiny scales wordnet

Etymology

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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