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Webster 1913 Edition
Squamata
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Squa-ma′ta
(skwȧ-mā′tȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
squamatus
scaly.] (Zool.)
A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
Definition 2024
Squamata
Squamata
See also: squamata
Translingual
Proper noun
Squamata
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Lepidosauria – the scaled reptiles.
Hyponyms
- (order): Amphisbaenia, Autarchoglossa (obsolete), Sauria, Serpentes (suborders)
squamata
squamata
See also: Squamata
Latin
Adjective
squamāta
- nominative feminine singular of squamātus
- nominative neuter plural of squamātus
- accusative neuter plural of squamātus
- vocative feminine singular of squamātus
- vocative neuter plural of squamātus
squamātā
- ablative feminine singular of squamātus
References
- SQUAMATA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)