Squamose; Squamous

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

2. Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.