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Definition of Squamata
1. Noun. Diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Lepidosauria, Subclass Lepidosauria
Member holonyms: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria, Ophidia, Serpentes, Suborder Ophidia, Suborder Serpentes
Definition of Squamata
1. n. pl. A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
Medical Definition of Squamata
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squamata
Literary usage of Squamata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"CHAPTER XI squamata The order squamata, so called because of the dermal covering
... In other words, the ancestral skull of the squamata must have been like ..."
2. The Thalattosauria: A Group of Marine Reptiles from the Triassic of California by John Campbell Merriam (1905)
"The general aspect of the mandible is that of a representative of the squamata,
though it is also approached in the Rhynchocephalia. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Callipepla squamata, Dresner (nee J'iy.), Ibis, 1800, p. ... Differ from C.
squamata in having the general colour of the middle feathers of the breast and ..."
4. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"The names squamata and Lepidosauria refer to the scaly condition of the skin.
The corium forms flattened papilla which resemble the scales of fishes in that ..."
5. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"squamata. The order squamata contains the lizards and the snakes, which are
regarded as constituting two suborders—Sauri and Serpentes. ..."
6. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"squamata. The order squamata contains the lizards and the snakes, which are
regarded as constituting two suborders—Sauri and Serpentes. ..."
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