• (a.) Squamose.
Squa·ma'ceous adjective Squamose. 
squamose, squamaceous 1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; such 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. Referring, or pertaining, to the squamosal bone; squamosal.