noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Technical term used in biology for the small, flat, plate-like structures on fish, reptiles, insects, or plant surfaces. In everyday language, うろこ is more common for fish scales.
I observed the scales on the butterfly's wing under a microscope.
The stem of this plant has tiny scales.
scale leaf
Compound of 鱗 (りん, 'scale') and 片 (へん, 'piece, fragment'). The reading りんぺん follows standard on'yomi.