Relating to or covered with scales. SYN: scaly. [L. squamosus]
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squa·mous 'skwā-məs adj
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 esp of, relating to, or being the thin anterior upper portion of the temporal bone
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squa·mous (skwaґməs) [L. squamosus scaly] 1. scaly. 2. resembling a squama; flattened or platelike.Medical dictionary. 2011.