Found 1 items, similar to Squamose.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Squamose Squamose \Squa*mose"\ (skw[.a]*m[=o]s" or skw[=a]"m[=o]s`), Squamous \Squa"mous\ (skw[=a]"m[u^]s), a. [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal. [1913 Webster]