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