What does squamate mean?
Squamate means (chiefly zoology) Covered in scales..
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/ˈskweɪmət/ · adjective
(chiefly zoology) Covered in scales..
The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.
In particular, dinosaurs did not participate in the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, some 130 to 100 Ma, when flowering plants, leaf-eating insects, social insects, squamates, and many other modern groups radiated substantially.
Use squamate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Squamate means (chiefly zoology) Covered in scales..
Common synonyms include scaly, squamose.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.
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