Synonyms for squamous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Scaly — covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly
scaly, scaled, squamate, furfuraceous, scarious, squamulose, squamoid, squamiferous
Other
squammy dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
Related words
- Word family
- squammy
- Phrases
- simple squamous epithelium squamous suture
- Other spellings
- squamose
Example sentences
- scaled Tom scaled the fish and Mary cooked them.
- scaly Some reptiles have a plain body, others a scaly body.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| squamous | rising | |
| scaled | rising | |
| scaly | steady | |
| squamate | steady | |
| furfuraceous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- scaly
- 6 letters
- scaled1
- 7 letters
- squammy
- 8 letters
- scarious, squamate, squamoid
- 10 letters
- squamulose
- 12 letters
- furfuraceous, squamiferous
In other languages
- Français
- squameux