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squamosal definition

squa·mo·sal (skwə mō′səl)

adjective

  1. squamous
  2. Zool. designating or of a bone in the skull of lower vertebrates analogous to the squamous portion of the temporal bone in humans

noun

a squamosal bone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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