adj
squamous
Squamous (adj) means having a scaly surface, or made up of scales.
adj
1
Having a scaly surface, or made up of scales.
"I might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!"
— H. P. Lovecraft, Hazel Heald (1933)
"We spread the papers on the least squamous section of the floor and lay down; the smell was not so bad at ground level."
— Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (1973)
"(And we'll never find out whether the last thought to pass through the mind of the captain of the Thresher was, "It's squamous and rugose," or simply, "It's squamous!")"
— Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archive (2001)
2
Relating to the squamosal bone; another word for squamosal.
3
(biology) Describes a layer of body cells that are flat and wider than they are tall, like tiny scales.
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English squamous, from Latin squāmōsus, from squāma ("scale (of a fish or reptile)").
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What is the meaning of squamous?
"squamous" (adj) means having a scaly surface, or made up of scales.
What is another word for squamous?
Other words for "squamous" include scaly, scaled, furfuraceous, squamoid, squamate, squamiferous.
What is the opposite of squamous?
The opposite of "squamous" is scaleless.
What are the different meanings of squamous?
"squamous" has 3 main meanings: 1. Having a scaly surface, or made up of scales; 2. Relating to the squamosal bone; another word for squamosal; 3. (biology) Describes a layer of body cells that are flat and wider than they are tall, like tiny scales.
