The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squamosal \Squa*mo"sal\ (skw[.a]*m[=o]"sal), a. (Anat.)
Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. -- n. The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone corresponding to it, in many of the lower vertebrates. See Temporal bone, under Temporal.
Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone n. The platelike part of the temporal bone
Usage examples of "squamosal".
The smooth arch of the parietals, ftised to the declivity of the temporal, Nvith the small ridge where the jaw muscle originated, the jutting projection that meshed itself with the maxillary into the graccfiiI curve of the squamosal arch.
In one of these, the squamosal section of the temporal bone had been crushed, and another showed a jagged hole through the parietal bone.