squamous
Meaning
- 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).
Opposite of
esquamulose, scaleless
Synonyms
Translations
squamoso
escamoso
squameux
schuppenförmig
escamoso
φολιδωτόςPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskweɪ.məs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English squamous, from Latin squāmōsus, from squāma (“scale(of a fish or reptile)”).
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