desquamate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *desquamate*:
VERB	body	desquamate, peel off	peel off in scales

English > *desquamate*: 1 sense > verb 1, body
Meaning	peel off in scales.
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

HyperDic: desquamate