intr.v. des·qua·mat·ed, des·qua·mat·ing, des·qua·mates To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin. [Latin dēsquāmāre, dēsquāmāt- : dē-, de- + squāma, scale.] des′qua·mation n. |
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