鱗りん片ぺん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

scale (of animal or plant)

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.

• 蝶ちょうの翅はねの鱗りん片ぺんを顕けん微び鏡きょうで観かん察さつした。

  I observed the scales on the butterfly's wing under a microscope.

• この植しょく物ぶつの茎くきには細こまかい鱗りん片ぺんがある。

  The stem of this plant has tiny scales.