See Also: squamiform(dictionary)
mercenary(medicine)
mercenary(dictionary)
mercenary(encyclopedia)
mercenary 1, noun(dictionary)
mercenary 2, adjective(dictionary)

mercenary 1, noun (oh) and squamiform (iou)


mercenary 1, noun (oh)



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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: mercenarius, from merces 'payment for work'; MERCY]
a soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him
::an army of foreign mercenaries
::a mercenary soldier

squamiform (iou)



squamiform adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin squamiformis, formed as SQUAMA: see -FORM.]
Zoology & Botany. Having the shape of a scale or scales.
squa'miferous adjective having scales M18.
squa'migerous adjective = squamiferous M17.