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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squamose  \Squa*mose"\  (?  or  ?),  Squamous  \Squa"mous\,  [L. 
  squamosus,  fr  squama  a  scale:  cf  F.  squameux.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  squamosal  bone;  squamosal. 




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