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palmation

American  
[pal-mey-shuhn, pahl-, pah-mey-] / pælˈmeɪ ʃən, pɑl-, pɑˈmeɪ- /

noun

  1. a palmate state or formation.

  2. a palmate structure.


palmation British  
/ pælˈmeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the state of being palmate

  2. a projection or division of a palmate structure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of palmation

First recorded in 1680–90; palmate + -ion

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His antlers, whose symmetry and palmation seemed perfect, were estimated to have a spread of 75 sixty inches at least.

From Kings in Exile by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

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

The lack of palmation in the bez tines of their specimen is noteworthy.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

With moose a better idea of these qualities can be obtained by measuring the extreme breadth of the palmation, and the extreme length from the tip of the brow point backward in each horn.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various

The palmation was much broader than I have seen in any other Caribou.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

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