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adj
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: squamose, squamulose, scaled, scaly, scarious, squamate, squamated, squamiferous, squamoid, furfuraceous, squamous, squarrose
Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless
adj
Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells that are wider than their height (flat and scale-like).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English squamous, from Latin squāmōsus, from squāma (“scale(of a fish or reptile)”).
Across languages
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