a covering of scales or plates
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loricationa covering of scales or plates
loricationsLORICATION, a covering of scales or plates
ostracodermany of the early fossil jawless fishes of the Lower Paleozoic usually having a bony covering of plates or scales
ostracodermsOSTRACODERM, any of the early fossil jawless fishes of the Lower Paleozoic usually having a bony covering of plates or scales
sclerodermone of a tribe of plectognath fishes having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish
sclerodermsSCLERODERM, one of a tribe of plectognath fishes having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish
exfoliationthe process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock are stripped or spall from the bare surface of a large rock mass
exfoliationsEXFOLIATION, the process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock are stripped or spall from the bare surface of a large rock mass
scutellationan arrangement of scales or plates on an animal's body
lamellatedcomposed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales also LAMELLATE
lamellatecomposed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales also LAMELLATED
scutellationsSCUTELLATION, an arrangement of scales or plates on an animal's body
lamellatelyLAMELLATE, composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales also LAMELLATED
ramentaone of the thin, chafflike scales covering the shoots or leaves of certain ferns