Squama

·noun A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

squama
squāma, ae, f., a scale (of a fish, serpent, etc.). I Lit.: alias (animantes) squamis obductas, C...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
squama
squāma ae, f SCAD-, a scale : (animantes) squamā obductas: tractu squamae crepitantis harenam Sulc...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary