Squamose /(skwȧ*mōs" [or] skwā"mōs`)/

Squa·mose

Squamose

a.
  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. Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal. (Anat.)