squaˈmigerous, a.
[f. L. squāmiger: see squama and -gerous.]
Scale-bearing; squamiferous.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Squamigerous, that hath or beareth scales; scaly. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxvi. 711 The pedicle is..squamigerous in Formica. 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvii. 151 The various piligerous, plumigerous, pennigerous, and squamigerous animals. |