intransitive verb
Latin desquamatus, past participle of desquamare to scale, from de- + squama scale
1828, in the meaning defined above
despumation
desquamate
Desroches
“Desquamate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desquamate. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.
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