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Squamate, Squamose, Squamulose, Squamulate, 

 Squamosus. — Covered with squamae. — (L. 

 squama, a scale.) 



Squama palpifere. — The third piece constituting 

 the maxilla, which is a corneous scale, at the 

 anterior margin of which the palpus is inserted, 

 and which forms beneath, the case or covering 

 of the maxilla. (L. squama, and palpi ; and 

 fero, to bear.) See Exopodite. 



Squamopygidium. — A term sometimes used to the 

 anal processes, chiefly of the Elatidae. (L. 

 squama, and Gr. pygidion, the pygidium.) 



Squamule. — A small raised lump or tubercle at the 

 base of each fore-wing. (Dimin. of L. squama.) 



Squarrose, Squarrous. — Ragged ; full of loose 

 scales ; cut into. Laciniae that are elevated 

 above the plane of the surface, and which are 

 cut into. Consisting of rough scales. (L. 

 squarrosus, scurfy.) 



Stellate, Stellated. — Resembling a star ; possessing 

 a star-shaped organ ; star-shaped ; with four 

 or five radiating lines. (L. stella, a star.) 



Stemmata. — The eyelets ; two, or three convex, 

 crystalline, simple eyes, observable in the frons 

 or vertex, or common to both. Ocelli. (From 

 Gr. stemma, anything that crowns.) 



Stem-mother. — The agamic female, which hatches 

 from the pseudova of Aphids in the spring, and 

 from which the summer generations arise. 

 (M.E. stem, and moder.) 



