squamate

adj, noun — 2 senses

squamate

adj

UK /ˈskweɪmət/

Etymology From Latin squāmātus (“scaly”).

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology 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.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 45:

Derived terms: esquamate

squamate

noun

UK /ˈskweɪmeɪt/

Etymology From the taxonomic name Squamata, from Latin squāmātus.

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.2009 February 6, Michael J. Benton, “The Red Queen and the Court Jester: Species Diversity and the Role of Biotic and Abiotic Factors Through Time”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 728–732:

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