Squamous

Quick meaning: Squamous is an adjective meaning Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

Meaning

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

More Meanings

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
2. (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells that are wider than their height (flat and scale-like).

Example Sentences

We spread the papers on the least squamous section of the floor and lay down; the smell was not so bad at ground level.

I might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!

In the squamous heads of Scabius, Knapweed, and the elegant Jacea Pinea, and in the Scaly composure of the Oak-Rose, which some years most aboundeth.

(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!")

Synonyms for squamous

Depending on context, synonyms include squamose, squamulose, scaled, scaly, scarious, squamate.

Antonyms for squamous

Common opposites include esquamulose, scaleless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scaly, scaled, pavement, scalelike, lepidote, squamose.

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