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Squamate vs Squamae - What's the difference?

squamate | squamae |

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)
  • (chiefly, zoology) Covered in scales.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 45:
  • 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 * squamose

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any reptile of the order Squamata.
  • * {{quote-journal, 2009, date=February 6, Michael J. Benton, The Red Queen and the Court Jester: Species Diversity and the Role of Biotic and Abiotic Factors Through Time, Science citation
  • , passage=In particular, dinosaurs did not participate in the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, some 130 to 100 Ma, when flowering plants, leaf-eating insects, social insects, squamates , and many other modern groups radiated substantially. }}

    Hyponyms

    * lizard * snake ----

    squamae

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • ----