squamous

Definition

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

Etymology

From Middle English squamous, from Latin squāmōsus, from squāma (“scale(of a fish or reptile)”).

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "I might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!"
• "We spread the papers on the least squamous section of the floor and lay down; the smell was not so bad at ground level."