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 Harper, Francis
The photographs of the Alaska moose shown herewith have this double palmation.
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
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
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
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