squamipinnes, squamipennes

pl. [Lat. squama a scale, and pinna, penna =a fin.] Ichthy.: Coral-fishes; a family equivalent to the Che to dont i dae (q. v.). (See extract.) "The typical forms of this family are readily recog'nized by the form of their body, and by a peculiarity from which they derive their name, Squamipinnes ; the soft, and frequently also the spinous, part of their dorsal and anal fins are so thickly covered with scales that the boundary between fins and body is entirely obliterated." -Gäuther: Study of Fishes, p. 397. squā-mo-, prefix. [Latin squama.] Squamose (q. v.). squamo-zygomatic, a. Anat.: Aterm applied to the squamous portion of the temporal bone, and to the squamosals or squamous bones collectively. IMG:content-0139.png:[blocks in formation] of leaves; covered with minute scales fixed by one Bot . ( of a surface ): Covered with the rudiments end, as the young shoots of the pine-tribe. squamous, a. [Lat. squamosus , from squama = a scale.] Covered with scales; consisting of scales, resembling scales, scaly. oak-cones."-Derham: Physico- Theology , bk. viii., ch. vi. "In the gems of oak, which may be called squamous (Note.) squamous-bones, s. pl . [SQUAMOSAL, B.] squamous-bulb, s. Bot.: A scaly bulb. [BULB, II. 1.] squamous-suture, subst. [TEMPORO-PARIETAL SUTURE.J squa-mu-lạ ( pl . squa-mu-læ), subst. [Latin, dim in. from squama (q.v.).] Bot.: A paleola, a lodicule (q. v.). Called also a Squamule. land Scotch squatter to splash water about, to squãn'-děr, v . t . & i . [A nasalized form of Low- scatter, to di ipate, to squander; Prov. English swattler , swattle , freq. from Dan.squatte =to splash, freq. of squätta to squirt. ( Wedgwood .)] to squirt, to squander; Sw.squättra to squander, A. Transitive : *1. To scatter, to di ipate, to disperse. upon the sea."- London Daily Telegraph. "And the recollections of the great Armada squandered 2. To spend lavishly, wastefully, or profusely; to spend prodigally, to waste, to di ipate, to lavish. "The cruel wretch has squander'd vile, Upon his scoundrel train, what might have cheer'd A drooping family." Thomson: Summer, 1,638. B. In trans.: To waste one's substance; to spend prodigally or profusely. "A vast exce of wealth for squandering heirs." King: Art of Cookery , let. iv. squan-der, subst. [SQUANDER, v.] The act or habit of squandering; waste, prodigality.