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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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