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Squamigerous

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squamiferousScaly; covered in scales.
squamiformnounHaving the shape or structure of a scale.
squamoidResembling a scale.
squamuliformResembling a squamula or little scale.
largescale(in the names of fishes) Having large scales.
scutibranchiatenoun(obsolete, zoology) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata)
placoidnounAny fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks
squaloidnounAny dogfish (family Squalidae).
cycloidnoun(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
placoidalAlternative form of placoid. [Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish]
alepidotenoun(biology) Not having scales.
fish-scalenounUsually of roofing tiles or shingles, shaped and laid in such a way that they resemble the scales of a fish.
selachoid(zoology) Resembling the Selachii (sharks).
elasmoidnoun(biology, of a fish scale) That lacks dentine
squaliformnounAny shark of the order Squaliformes
ctenosquamatenoun(zoology) Of or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.
acanthopterygious(zoology) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
spinyhead(zoology, in the names of fish) Having a head that is spiny.
scolecoidResembling a scolex.
ctenoidHaving a toothed margin, usually fish scales

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