squama ceo us (skwamashius)

[L. squa ma, a scale, + -aceous.] Same as squamous or squamose. Squamata (skwā-māʼtä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of LL. squamatus, scaly: see squamate.] 1. In herpet., the scaly reptiles. (a) An order of Reptilia, established by Oppel in 1811. It was composed of the saurians or lizards (including crocodiles) and snakes or ophidians, divided accordingly into Saurii and Ophidii. Its contents were the modern orders Crocodilia, Lacer til i a, and bæna ). (b) In Merrem's system of cla ification (1820), same Ophidia, with, however, one foreign element ( Amphis as Oppel's Squamata exclusive of the crocodiles, or Lori cat a of Merrem. It formed the third order of Pholidota or scaly reptiles, divided into Gradient i a, Repent i a, Serpen tia, Incedentia, and Predentia. Also called Lepidosauria, and formerly Saurophidia. 2. In mammal., scaly mammals; a group of the Entomophaga or insectivorous edentates, containing the single family Manididæ, the scaly squama ted, being covered with horny overlapping scales. The group is now usually ranked as a suborder. squamate (skwa'māt), a. [