Squamosal \Squa*mo"sal\ (skw[.a]*m[=o]"sal), a. (Anat.)
(a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
(b) 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}.
[1913 Webster] Squamose