SQUAMOSELY

Etymology

Adverb

squamosely (comparative more squamosely, superlative most squamosely)

In a squamose manner.

Source: Wiktionary


SQUAMOSE

Squa*mose" or, Squa"mous, Etym: [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]

1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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