| squalodon | <paleontology> A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; so called because their are serrated, like a shark's. Origin: NL. Squalus a genus of sharks + Gr, a tooth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| squalodont | <zoology> Pertaining to Squalodon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squaloid | <zoology> Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks. Origin: NL. Squalus a genus of sharks (fr. L. Squalus a kind of sea fish). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squama | Origin: L. A scale. <medicine> A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squama frontalis | The broad curved portion of the frontal bone forming the forehead. Synonym: squama frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squama occipitalis | The tabular or squamous portion of occipital bone. Synonym: squama occipitalis, occipital squama, frontal squama. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squama temporalis | The broad, flat, thin (scale-like) anterior and superior portion of the temporal bone forming part of the lateral wall of the cranial vault. Synonym: pars squamosa ossis temporalis, squama temporalis, temporal squama. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamata | <zoology> A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins. Origin: NL, fr. L. Squamatus scaly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squamate | Scaly or platelike. Origin: L. Squamosus = scaly (18 Nov 1997) |
| squamatization | Transformation of other types of cells into squamous cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamduck | <zoology> The American eider duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squame | 1. A scale. "iron squames." 2. <zoology> The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean. Origin: L. Squama scale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squamella | Origin: NL, dim. Fr. L. Squama a scale. <botany> A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squames | Flat, keratinised, dead cells shed from the outermost layer of a stratified squamous epithelium. (18 Nov 1997) |
| squamigerous | <zoology> Bearing scales. Origin: L. Squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |