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escata

escata

Catalan

Noun

escata f (plural escates)

  1. scale (of an animal, etc.)

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, probably from a Vulgar Latin scatus, squato < squatus, possibly crossed with *excaptāre, frequentative of Latin excipere.

Noun

escata f (plural escatas)

  1. scale (of an animal, etc.)
  2. (by extension) link (in armor)

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