squamose.

Covered with scales or scale-like flakes.

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Words that belong together

• a squamose surface
• squamose skin

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A squamose surface caught the light along the creature’s flank.

The observer described the skin as squamose rather than merely rough.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative more squamose; superlative most squamose where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.