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ˈsquameous, a. Now rare or Obs.
Also 7, 9 squamm-.
[ad. L. squāmeus, f. L. squāma squama.]
Furnished or covered with scales; scaly.
1676Grew Anat. Pl., Anat. Fl. (1682) 175 Leaves are Membraneous, as the greater part; Squameous, as Abies, or Filamentous. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 114 Such are the bones of Whales, Sea-horses, and the bones of all the squammeous kind. 1721Bailey, Squameous, scaly or like Scales. 1829Griffith tr. Cuvier VIII. 85 Squammeous Pigeon, Columba Squamosa. |