English
Etymology
From L. squamosus, from squama �scale�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�skweɪm�s/
rhymes|eɪm�s
Adjective
en-adj
- Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
#*1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007), page 180
#*: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.
#*1933, w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald, s:Out of the Aeons|Out of the Aeons
#*:I might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!
#*1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 133
#*:We spread the papers on the least squamous section of the floor and lay down; the smell was not so bad at ground level.
#*2001, w:Charles Stross|Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archive (trade paperback 2006), page 66
#*:(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!")
- anatomy Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
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