1. A scale, or a structure resembling a scale, of the type that make up the covering of fish, reptiles, and some mammals.
2. A scale or scale-like structure.
3. A thin plate-like mass, as of bone.
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“squama”
squama temporalis
The anterior and superior part of the temporal bone which is thin and scalelike.
