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squamate

adj
/ˈskweɪmət/UK

Etymology

From Latin squāmātus (“scaly”).

  1. derived from squāmātus — “scaly”

Definitions

  1. Covered in scales.

    • The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.

  2. Any reptile of the order Squamata

    Any reptile of the order Squamata; a lizard, snake or mosasauroid.

    • In particular, dinosaurs did not participate in the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, some 130 to 100 Ma, when flowering plants, leaf-eating insects, social insects, squamates, and many other modern groups radiated substantially.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA