Unscramble

s 1 q 10 u 1 a 1 m 3 u 1 l 1 o 1 s 1 e 1

10 letters · 21 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective covered with tiny scales

originFrom New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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