squamoid

From Latin squama (“scale”) + -oid.

squamoid (comparative more squamoid, superlative most squamoid)

1. Resembling a scale.
2. Covered with scales; scaly.

• (resembling a scale): scalelike, squamiform
• (covered with scales): squamose; see also Thesaurus:scaly

squamoid (plural squamoids)

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• “squamoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.