Squamose

  • 41squamous — a. See squamose …

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  • 42scaly — adjective 1) the dragon s scaly hide Syn: technical squamous, squamate, squamose, lamellate, lamellar, lamelliform, lamellose 2) scaly patches of dead skin Syn: flaky, dry, flaking, scurfy, peeling …

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  • 43scaly — adj 1. scalelike, squamous, squamosal, squamose, squamulose, scurfy, furfuraceous; Zool. scutate, lamellate, lamellar. 2. peeling, flaking, flaky …

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  • 44squamaceous —   a. scaly.    ♦ squamate,    ♦ squameous,    ♦ squamose,    ♦ squamous, a. like, having or covered with scales.    ♦ squamellate, squamelliferous,    ♦ squamulate,    ♦ squamulose, a. having small scales.    ♦ squamoid, a. like a scale …

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  • 45squamous — [skwā′mōsskwā′məs] adj. [L squamosus < squama, a scale] 1. like, formed of, or covered with scales 2. Anat. designating or of a thin, scalelike cell, structure, etc., esp. an epithelial cell or a platelike structure in the upper anterior… …

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  • 46squama — n. (pl. squamae) 1 a scale on an animal or plant. 2 a thin scalelike plate of bone. 3 a scalelike feather. Derivatives: squamate adj. squamose adj. squamous adj. squamule n. Etymology: L squama …

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  • 47squamosity — skwāˈmäsəd.ē, wəˈm noun ( es) 1. : the state or condition of being squamose 2. : a scaly area (as on the body of an insect) …

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  • 48squamosely — adverb see squamose …

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  • 49squamoseness — noun see squamose …

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