escata

From Old Occitan [Term?], probably from a Vulgar Latin scatus, squato, from Latin squatus, possibly crossed with *excaptāre, frequentative of excipere.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈka.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈka.ta/

escata f (plural escates)

1. scale (of an animal or insect)

• escama

• esquama

• “escata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Occitan [Term?], probably from a Vulgar Latin scatus, squato, from Latin squatus, possibly crossed with *excaptāre, frequentative of excipere.

escata f (plural escatas)

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

• escatar

• (scale): escama