squamous.
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
Meaning & usage
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells that are wider than their height (flat and scale-like).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English squamous, from Latin squāmōsus, from squāma (“scale(of a fish or reptile)”).
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