LEPIDOTE


Meaning of LEPIDOTE in English

/lep"i doht'/ , adj. Bot.

covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.

[ 1830-40; lepidotus lepidotós scaly, equiv. to lepido- (verbid s. of lepidoûn to make scaly; see LEPIDO-) + -tos verbid suffix ]

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