noun
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the state of being palmate
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a projection or division of a palmate structure
Etymology
Origin of palmation
Example Sentences
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The palmation was much broader than I have seen in any other Caribou.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper
The weight of the dried skull and antlers was ninety-three pounds, the palmation being in places 2-1/8 inches thick.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
In a high percentage of the larger heads there is on one or both antlers an additional and secondary palmation.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
Enormous set of old antlers of a Barren Ground Caribou, with exceptional palmation.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper
But there are also adaptive and purely analogical homologies, such as the interdigital palmation of aquatic birds, amphibians and mammals.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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