Squamate
//ˈskweɪmət// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
Adjective
- 1 Covered in scales. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin squāmātus (“scaly”).
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