squame — meaning in English

English meaning

• dander noun Tiny flakes of skin shed by animals, a common trigger for allergies.
• scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.

Senses

squame is used for these senses in English:

• dander Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
• scale Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
• scale A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.

dander — full definition

1. noun Tiny flakes of skin shed by animals, a common trigger for allergies.
2. noun Anger or temper, especially in the phrase "get your dander up."

scale — full definition

1. noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
2. noun A series of marked measurements used for comparison, such as on a ruler, map, or rating system.
3. noun One of the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the skin of fish and reptiles.
4. noun An instrument for measuring weight.
5. verb To increase or decrease something in size while keeping its proportions, especially to grow a business or process.

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