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squa⋅mous

  [skwey-muhs]
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–adjective
1. covered with or formed of squamae or scales.
2. scalelike.
Also, squamosal, squa⋅mose  [skwey-mohs, skwuh-mohs] .

Origin:
1535–45; < L squāmōsus. See squama, -ous

Related forms:
squa⋅mous⋅ly, squa⋅mose⋅ly, adverb
squa⋅mous⋅ness, squa⋅mose⋅ness, noun
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squa·mous   (skwā'məs, skwä'-)   
adj.  
  1. Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.
  2. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix.
  3. Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.

[Latin squāmōsus, from squāma, scale.]
squa'mous·ly adv., squa'mous·ness n.
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squamous 
1541, from L. squamosus "covered with scales, scaly," from squama "scale," perhaps related to squalus "foul, filthy" (see squalid). M.E. had squame (c.1386) "a scale," from O.Fr. esquame, from L. squama.
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Main Entry: squa·mous
Pronunciation: 'skwA-m&s
Function: adjective
1 a : covered with or consisting of scales b : of,relating to, or being a stratified epithelium that consists at least in its outer layers of small scalelike cells
2 : resembling a scale or plate; especially : of,relating to, or being the thin anterior upper portion of the temporal bone
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squamous squa·mous (skwā'məs, skwä'-) or squa·mose (-mōs')
adj.

  1. Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.
  2. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat.
  3. Squamosal.
squa'mous·ness n.

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