( n. )
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
( n. )
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012