squamosal

squamosal (comparative more squamosal, superlative most squamosal)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone

• squamous

squamosal (plural squamosals)

1. The platelike part of the temporal bone
   • 1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, "Chapter 1" in The Osteology of the Reptiles

     In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).

squamosal (feminine squamosale, masculine plural squamosaux, feminine plural squamosales)

1. squamosal

squamosal m (plural squamosaux)

1. squamosal