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écaille f sing
- squama, scaglia
- (araldica) conchiglia (francese antico)
dall'antico francese escailhe ‘squama; guscio’, che è dal francone *skalja ‘guscio; scheggia; squama’, da cui anche l’olandese schil ‘guscio’; cfr. inglese shell ‘guscio’