SQUAMIFORM
Squa"mi*form, a.Etym: [L. squama a scale + -form.]
Defn: Having the shape of a scale.
SQUAMIGEROUS Squa*mig"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Bearing scales.
SQUAMIPEN Squam"i*pen ( or ), n. ;pl. Squamipennes. Etym: [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.
Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Chætodon and allied genera. Many of them are called soral fishes, and angel fishes.
SQUAMOID
Squa"moid, a. Etym: [L. squama scale + -oid.]
Defn: Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
SQUAMOSAL Squa*mo"sal, a. (Anat.) (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. — n.