Squamate vs Squamae - What's the difference?
squamate | squamae |
(chiefly, zoology) Covered in scales.
* 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 45:
Any reptile of the order Squamata.
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As nouns the difference between squamate and squamae
is that squamate is any reptile of the order squamata while squamae is .As an adjective squamate
is (chiefly|zoology) covered in scales.squamate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.
Synonyms
* scaly * squamoseNoun
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