squamosal

English

Adjective

squamosal (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Noun

squamosal (plural squamosals)

  1. The platelike part of the temporal bone
    • 1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles:
      In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).

French

Adjective

squamosal (feminine squamosale, masculine plural squamosaux, feminine plural squamosales)

  1. squamosal

Noun

squamosal m (plural squamosaux)

  1. squamosal
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