SQUAMOUS

Etymology

Adjective

squamous (comparative more squamous, superlative most squamous)

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

Synonyms: squamose, squamulose, Thesaurus:scaly

Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal

Source: Wiktionary


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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