escamoso
Portuguese
Etymology
From escama + -oso, or from Latin squāmōsus.
Adjective
escamoso (feminine escamosa, masculine plural escamosos, feminine plural escamosas, metaphonic)
- squamous; scaly
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin squāmōsus. By surface analysis, escama + -oso. Compare English squamous.
Adjective
escamoso (feminine escamosa, masculine plural escamosos, feminine plural escamosas)
- squamous, scaly
Further reading
- “escamoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014