Squaloid

skwa'loid, a. Like, or resembling, a shark. ?L. squalus, a shark (see Squamose), and Gr. eidos, form.] Squalor. See under Squalid. Squamose, skwa-mos', Squa'mous, -mus, a. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; scaly. [L. squamosus, squama, a scale; prob. squalid, q. v.] Squander, skwon'dSr, [-de red (-derd), -dering.] To spend lavishly or profusely, spend prodigally, waste, scatter, di ipate. [Scot, squatter, ProvE. sivatter, to throw water about (like geese in drinking), to scatter, waste. Daw. sqratte, to splash, spurt, hence to di ipate, squander; squabble, squall, squirt.] — Squan''derer, n.