The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squamose
Squamose \Squa*mose"\ (skw[.a]*m[=o]s" or skw[=a]"m[=o]s`), Squamous \Squa"mous\ (skw[=a]"m[u^]s), a. [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Wiktionary
squamose
a. (alternative form of squamous English)