| VERB | body | desquamate, peel off | peel off in scales |
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| Meaning | peel off in scales. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "dry skin desquamates" | |
| Synonym | peel off | |
| Broader | shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
| Spanish | descamarse, descamar, pelarse | |
| Catalan | descamar-se | |
| Nouns | desquamation | loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales |
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