Word Meaning

Meaning of "squamous" and the crossword clue

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