squamous
English
/ˈskweɪ.məs/, /ˈskweɪ.məs/
adj
Definitions
- Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin squāmōsus.
Origin
Latin
squāmōsus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adenosquamous English
- basosquamous English
- neosquamous English
- nonsquamous English
- papulosquamous English
- petrosquamous English
- squamously English
- squamousness English
- subsquamous English
- tympanosquamous English
- squāmosus Latin
- squāmōsus Latin
- escama Spanish, Castilian
- escamoso Spanish, Castilian
- eschamous, (es)chamous Old French
- scămos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan