\Squa*mose"\ (? or ?), Squamous \Squa"mous\, [L.
squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a
   scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous
   epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal
   bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a
   scale.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.