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squamate

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈskweɪmət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪmət
  • UK: /ˈskweɪmeɪt/
  • rhymes with -eɪmeɪt

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered in scales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scaly, squamose, scaled, scarious, squamate, squamated, squamiferous, squamoid, furfuraceous, squamous, squamulose, squarrose

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any reptile of the order Squamata; a lizard, snake or mosasauroid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin squāmātus (“scaly”).

From the taxonomic name Squamata, from Latin squāmātus.