Squamosal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squamosal \Squa*mo"sal\ (skw[.a]*m[=o]"sal), a. (Anat.)
     (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
     (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. -- n. The
         squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone
         corresponding to it, in many of the lower vertebrates.
         See Temporal bone, under {Temporal}.


         [1913 Webster] Squamose