Questions people ask about “scale”
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- What is one of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton called?→ worddirectanswers.com
- What is hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc called?→ worddirectanswers.com
- What is (Zoöl.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids called?→ worddirectanswers.com
- What is a small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like called?→ worddirectanswers.com
- What is the thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife called?→ worddirectanswers.com
- What is an incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler called?→ worddirectanswers.com
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