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Webster 1913 Edition

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(skwȧ-mōs′ or skwā′mōsˊ)

(skwā′mŭs)

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Adj.

[L.

squamosus

, fr.

squama

a scale: cf. F.

squameux

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.

(Anat.)

Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

Adj.

[L.] Scaly; covered with scales; as the squamous cones of the pine.