Definitions for squama

squama squa·ma

Spelling: [skwey-muh]
IPA: /ˈskweɪ mə/

Squama is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in squama (aamqsu).

Definitions for squama

noun

  1. a scale or scalelike part, as of epidermis or bone.

Origin of squama

First recorded in 1700-10, squama is from the Latin word squāma scale

Examples for squama

Calypter: Diptera; the alula or squama when it covers the haltere.

At seventy the squama of the temporal bone unites with the parietal, and at eighty the entire cranium has become a single bone.

Word Value for squama
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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