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Squamate

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• Squamation

  noun 1. the state of being squamate. 2. the arrangement of the squamae or scales of an animal. noun 1. the condition of having or forming scales or squamae 2. the arrangement of scales in fishes or reptiles

• Squamiform

  adjective 1. shaped like a scale. adjective 1. (biology) resembling a scale: squamiform cells

• Squamo-

  1. a combining form of squama: squamocellular. squamo- pref. Scale; scaly: squamosal.

• Squamosa

  squamosa squa·mo·sa (skwā-mō’sə) n. pl. squa·mo·sae (-sē) The squama of the temporal bone or of the frontal and occipital bones.

• Squamosal

  adjective 1. Anatomy. of or relating to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear. 2. Zoology. pertaining to a corresponding bone in other vertebrates. 3. squamous. noun 4. a squamosal bone. noun 1. a thin platelike paired bone in the […]

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