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(1):

Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

(2):

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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Squamous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/squamous.html. 1828.
 
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