squamous
Collocations
4ADJ.
plastic
SQUAMOUS + NOUN
rugose, scabius, section
PREP.
in, on
ADV.
partly, partly
Definitions
adj
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
In the squamous heads of Scabius, Knapweed, and the elegant Jacea Pinea, and in the Scaly composure of the Oak-Rose, which some years most aboundeth.
I might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!
Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells that are wider than their height (flat and scale-like).
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3In the squamous heads of Scabius, Knapweed, and the elegant Jacea Pinea, and in the Scaly composure of the Oak-Rose, which some years most aboundeth.
WiktionaryI might call it gigantic - tentacled - proboscidian - octopus-eyed - semi-amorphous - plastic - partly squamous and partly rugose - ugh!
WiktionaryWe spread the papers on the least squamous section of the floor and lay down; the smell was not so bad at ground level.
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