a. Zool. and Bot. [ad. mod.L. squāmiformis: see SQUAMA and -FORM. So F. squamiforme.] Having the shape of a scale or scales.
1828–32. Webster, Squamiform, having the form or shape of scales.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 165. The peduncle with squamiform teeth.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 518. The gastric [spine] has three or four squamiform tubercles, posterior to it.
