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| squa·mous [ skwáyməss, skwməss ] or squa·mose [ skwá mss ] |
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1. of scales on body: covered with, consisting of, or resembling scales or thin plates of the type that make up the covering of fish, reptiles, and some mammals
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2. consisting of scale-shaped cells: describes a layer of skin epithelium made up of small scale-shaped cells
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3. of skull bone: relating to the squamosal in the vertebrate skull
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| [15th century. < Latin squamosus< squama "scale"] |
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