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Webster 1913 Edition
Squamosal
Squa-mo′sal
(skwȧ-mō′sal)
, Adj.
(Anat.)
(a)
Scalelike; squamous;
as, the
. squamosal
bone(b)
Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone.
– Noun.
The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone corresponding to it, in many of the lower vertebrates. See
Temporal bone
, under Temporal
.