squamigerous

English

Etymology

From Latin squamiger; squama (“a scale”) +‎ gerere (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdʒəɹəs

Adjective

squamigerous (comparative more squamigerous, superlative most squamigerous)

1. (dated, zoology) Bearing scales.
   • 1897 May 13, “Run Here, Somebody”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume LXVII (old series) / XXXII (new series), number 291, Montgomery, Ala.: The Advertiser Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

     Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?

References

• “squamigerous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.