- of or relating to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.
- pertaining to a corresponding bone in other vertebrates.
- squamous.
- a squamosal bone.
- a thin platelike paired bone in the skull of vertebrates: in mammals it forms part of the temporal bone
- of or relating to this bone
- a less common word for squamous
