(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:22:00

Squame (?), n. [L. squama scale.]

1.

A scale.

[Obs.] "iron squames."

Chaucer.

2. Zool.

The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.

 

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