||Squa*mel"la (?), n.; pl. Squamellæ (#). [NL., dim. fr. L. squama a
||scale.] (Bot.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on
||the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
Squa*mel"late (?), a. Furnished or covered with little scales;
squamulose.
Squa"mi*form (?), a.[L. squama a scale + -form.] Having the shape of a
scale.
Squa*mig"er*ous (?), a. [L. squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to
bear.] (Zoöl.) Bearing scales.
Squam"i*pen (? or ?), n. ;pl. Squamipennes (#). [L. squama a scale +
penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a group of fishes
having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.
They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes,
belonging to Chætodon and allied genera. Many of them are called soral
fishes, and angel fishes.
Squa"moid (?), a. [L. squama scale + -oid.] Resembling a scale; also,
covered with scales; scaly.
Squa*mo"sal (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal
bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. -- n. The squamous
part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under
Temporal.
{ Squa*mose" (? or &?;), Squa"mous (?) }, [L. squamosus, fr. squama a
scale: cf. F. squameux.] 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.