squamosal

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the human temporal bone or to a corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  2. noun A squamosal bone.

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  • Squ., squamosal; St., stylohyal; Stern., sternebrum; —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Instead, the team found that the squamosal bone, which forms part of the frill, was injured —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • The epiparietals and episquamosals bordering the edge of the parietal-squamosal frill are initially diminutive before expanding to larger, taller equilateral triangular bones, and later in ontogeny, flatten dorsoventrally and elongate as they merge with the edge of the frill. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • We confirm a similar pattern of development and osteohistogenesis in the cranial morphology of the squamosal horns, nodes and frontoparietal dome in the skulls of the pachycephalosaurids —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The frontoparietal dome was not preserved with the isolated left squamosal and holotype of —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin squāmōsus, squamous; see squamous.

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  1. from squamose + -al.
 

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