skvamo

Esperanto

Fiŝaj skvamoj

Etymology

From Italian squama and French squame, both from Latin squāma (“scale; flake”). Compare Portuguese, Irish and Spanish escama, as well as Romanian scamă (“fuzz, fluff; flock”), scvamă (“(botanic) receptacle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈskvamo]
Rhymes: -amo
Hyphenation: skva‧mo

Noun

skvamo (accusative singular skvamon, plural skvamoj, accusative plural skvamojn)

scale (piece of keratin covering the skin of fish and reptiles)

Derived terms

skvama
skvamulo

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