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squamous epithelium

noun, Biology.

1.

epithelium consisting of one or more layers of scalelike cells.

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In Dendrolagus, moreover, the squamous epithelium does not extend into the cardiac cul-de-sac.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia Frank Evers Beddard

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