Squamate Definition

skwāmāt, skwä-
noun
Any of various reptiles of the order Squamata, which includes the lizards, snakes, and worm lizards.
American Heritage Medicine
adjective
Of or relating to reptiles of the order Squamata.
American Heritage Medicine
Having or covered with scales; scaly.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to squamae.
American Heritage Medicine
other
Wiktionary
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Squamate

Noun

Singular:
squamate
Plural:
squamates

Origin of Squamate

  • New Latin Squāmāta from Late Latin squāmātus scaly from squāma scale Adj., sense 2, from Late Latin squāmātus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin squāmātus.

    From Wiktionary

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