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episquamosal

episquamosal adjective: situated above the squamosal bone.

Adjective

episquamosal (not comparable)

  1. Situated above the squamosal bone
    • The posterior margin of TMP 2011.051.0001 has four episquamosal loci, all of which are occupied by well-fused episquamosals.2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the...

Noun

episquamosal (plural episquamosals)

  1. An ossification situated above the squamosal bone

Forms of episquamosal

pluralepisquamosals

Origin of episquamosal

From epi- + squamosal.

Questions about episquamosal

What does episquamosal mean?
Episquamosal means situated above the squamosal bone.
What part of speech is episquamosal?
Episquamosal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near episquamosal in the dictionary

  1. episporangia
  2. episporangium
  3. epispore
  4. epispores
  5. episporium
  6. episquamosal
  7. episquamosals
  8. epistaminal
  9. epistases
  10. epistasies
  11. epistasis

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