Definition of Squamate

1. a. Same as Squamose.

Definition of Squamate

1. Noun. Any reptile of the order Squamata. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squamate

1. any of an order of reptiles [n -S]

Medical Definition of Squamate

1. Scaly or platelike. Origin: L. Squamosus = scaly This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squamate

squalodon
squalodons
squalodont
squalodonts
squaloid
squaloids
squalor
squalors
squama
squama frontalis
squama occipitalis
squama temporalis
squamaceous
squamae
squamate (current term)
squamates
squamation
squamations
squamatization
squamduck
squame
squamella
squamellae
squamellate
squames
squamiferous
squamiform
squamigerous
squamipen

Literary usage of Squamate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"For example, while the squamate condition is common among Viscaceae, ... It remains as a future challenge to determine how the squamate habit serves the ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1842)
"Among the inferior or squamate Saurians there are two leading modifications in the mode of attachment of the teeth, the base of which may be either ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Professor Owen, in his ' Report on British Fossil Reptiles,' observes that among the inferior or squamate saurians there are two leading modifications in ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"A third mode of fixation is presented by some extinct saurians, which, in other parts of their organization, adhere to the squamate or ..."

5. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1890)
"P. Wing-coverts uniform ; the squamate markings on the underparts broad, the feathers often having black barred with creamy white, shaft-stripes ..."

6. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"The surface of the carapace is destitute of squamate markings or any other kind of ornamentation whatsoever; but the surfaces of the coxal joints of the ..."

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