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dermal scale

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Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(zoology)#Fish_scales ]

Term info

Label

dermal scale

Synonyms
  • scales
database cross reference
plural term
scales [ ZFA : 0000277 ]

has related synonym

fish scale

id

UBERON:0007380