(zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean. / (medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue. / (medicine) A squamous (scale-like) cell. / (anatomy) A bony plate.

plural of squame

(US, fishing) An oilskin hat; a southwester.

plural of squam

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly. / (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal

(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium. / (botany) The bract of a deciduous spike. / (botany) Any scaly bracted leaf. / (entomology) A calypter.

Alternative form of squamous

(chiefly zoology) Covered in scales.

Any reptile of the order Squamata.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone