SQUAMDUCK
Squam"duck`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American eider duck. [Local, U.S.]
SQUAME
Squame, n. Etym: [L. squama scale.]
1. A scale. [Obs.] "iron squames." Chaucer.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
SQUAMELLA Squa*mel"la, n.; pl. Squamellæ. Etym: [NL., dim. fr. L. squama a scale.] (Bot.)
Defn: A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
SQUAMELLATE
Squa*mel"late, a.
Defn: Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.