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1. (adj.) squamous
covered with or formed of squamae or scales.
2. squamous
scalelike.
3. squamous
of or pertaining to the thin forward and upper portion of the temporal bone of the human skull.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L squāmōsus. See squama , -ous)
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1. squamous
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. squamous
of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
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