squamous

adjective

Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.

adjective

Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale.

adjective

Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.

In zoöl, and anatomy: Covered with scales; scaly; squamate; squamose; squamiferous or squamigerous.

Scale-like; squamoid; squamiform; specifically, of a bone, same as squamosal.

In botany, same as squamose.

adjective

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal