Associations to the word «Squama»

Wiktionary

SQUAMA, noun. (medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.

Dictionary definition

SQUAMA, noun. A protective structure resembling a scale.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley