Squamous

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

  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.
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     2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
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