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"lang_code": "gl",
"word": "escama"
},
{
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"lang_code": "oc",
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"word": "escama"
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{
"lang": "Spanish",
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"form": "squāmās",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
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},
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"form": "squāmā",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
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},
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"form": "squāma",
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"singular",
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},
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"form": "squāmae",
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"scale (of a fish or reptile)"
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],
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"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"word": "squāmātus"
},
{
"word": "squāmeus"
},
{
"word": "squāmifer"
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{
"word": "squāmiger"
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"word": "escama"
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{
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"word": "squama"
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"lang": "English",
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"word": "squame"
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"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "squame"
},
{
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"word": "escama"
},
{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "squama"
},
{
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"word": "escauma"
},
{
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"word": "eschame"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "escama"
},
{
"lang": "Romanian",
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"word": "scamă"
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"lang": "Romanian",
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},
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"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"word": "scama"
},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "escama"
},
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"4": "",
"5": "to cover"
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"name": "der"
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"form": "squāma",
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]
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"form": "squāmae",
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"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "squāmae",
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "squāmārum",
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "squāmīs",
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"form": "squāmam",
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},
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"form": "squāmās",
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"form": "squāmā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
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"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "squāma",
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},
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"form": "squāmae",
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"(by extension) flake; any item shaped like a scale"
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
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"word": "squama"
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