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Meaning of squamate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈskweɪmət/

Definitions

Any reptile of the order Squamata; a lizard, snake or mosasauroid.

Examples

“In particular, dinosaurs did not participate in the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, some 130 to 100 Ma, when flowering plants, leaf-eating insects, social insects, squamates, and many other modern groups radiated substantially.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

squamatic acid squamation squamatization squame squamella Squamish