squamoso-|skwəˈməʊsəʊ|used as combining form of squamose a., in the sense ‘squamous and ―’, as squamoso-dentated, squamoso-imbricated, squamoso-radiate; or in terms of Anat. relating to the squamous bones, as squamoso-maxillary, squamoso-parietal, squamoso-temporal, squamoso-zygomatic.1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 217 Ribs carinated, squamoso-dentated, rather rough.Ibid. 223 With twenty squamoso-imbricated rays.1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 269/2 The whorls turgidly convex, squamoso-radiate at the margin.1875Encycl.Brit. I. 874/1 The squamoso-temporal region of the skull.