Squamata definitions

Squamata

1) Animal order 2) Order squamata
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Squamata

The Squamata, or the scaled reptiles, are the largest recent order of reptiles, comprising all lizards and snakes. With over 9,000 species, it is also the second-largest order of vertebrates, after the perciform fish. Members of the order are distinguished by their skins, which bear horny scales or shields. They also possess movable quadrate bones...
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Squamata

• (n. pl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
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Squamata

Squa·ma'ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin squamatus scaly.] (Zoology) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
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Squamata

The Squamata is the lizards, amphibaenians and snakes order of reptiles. The lower border of the lower temporal vacuity is incomplete and the body is covered by horny scales. These animals live in warmer climates.
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Squamata

[n] - diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
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squamata

squamata A division of edentates (order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters) having the body covered with large, imbricated (lying over each other in regular order) horny scales.
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Squamata

order Squamata noun diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
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