schub

Dutch (Brabantic)

/sxʏp/

noun
Definitions
  • scale keratinous segment of certain animals' skin
  • pigmented, chitinous segment of butterfly wings
  • a similarly flaky part of the exterior of plants

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch schubbe.

Origin

Middle Dutch

schubbe

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