squama ted (skwamated)

[ -ed2.] Same as squamate . 1t. A thin layer; a scale. Orpiment, brent bones, yren squames . Chaucer , Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 206. 2. In zoöl., a scale or squama. Huxley, Crayfish, p. 172. squamella (skwā-mel'ä), n.; pl. squamellæ (-ē). [NL., dim. of L. squama, a scale: see squame.] 1. In bot., same as squamula, 2.-2. [ cap.] In zool., a genus of zygotrochous rotifers, of the family Euchlanidæ.