a. Zool. and Bot. [f. L. squāmifer: see SQUAMA and -FEROUS.] Bearing or provided with scales; squamigerous.
1748. Martin, Inst. Lang., Squamiferous, bearing scales.
1856. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 246. Feet destitute of squama … alternate with squamiferous feet.
1866. J. Smith, Ferns Brit. & For. (1879), 78. Fronds … rarely simple, smooth, villose, or squamiferous.
