Squamous

//ˈskweɪ.məs//

Synonyms for "squamous" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

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Translations

25 translations across 15 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • حَرْشَفِيّ adj (scaly)
  • مُحَرْشَف adj (scaly)

Armenian

3 entries
  • թեփուկածածկ adj (scaly)
  • թեփուկապատ adj (scaly)
  • թեփուկավոր adj (scaly)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • люспест adj (scaly)

Czech

2 entries
  • šupinatý adj (scaly)
  • šupinový adj (scaly)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • skavmplena adj (scaly)
  • skvama adj (scaly)
  • skvameca adj (scaly)
  • skvamoza adj (scaly)

Finnish

1 entries
  • suomuinen adj (scaly)

French

2 entries
  • squameux adj (scaly)
  • écailleux adj (scaly)

German

2 entries
  • geschuppt adj (scaly)
  • schuppig adj (scaly)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • soomukas adj (scaly)

Italian

2 entries
  • scaglioso adj (scaly)
  • squamoso adj (scaly)

Polish

1 entries
  • łuskowaty adj (scaly)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • escamoso adj (scaly)

Russian

1 entries
  • чешуйчатый adj (scaly)

Spanish

1 entries
  • escamoso adj (scaly)

Swedish

1 entries
  • fjällig adj (scaly)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In the squamous heads of Scabius, Knapweed, and the elegant Jacea Pinea, and in the Scaly composure of the Oak-Rose, which some years most aboundeth.

Source: wiktionary

I might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!

Source: wiktionary

We spread the papers on the least squamous section of the floor and lay down; the smell was not so bad at ground level.

Source: wiktionary

(And we'll never find out whether the last thought to pass through the mind of the captain of the Thresher was, "It's squamous and rugose," or simply, "It's squamous!")

Source: wiktionary

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