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squamation

noun
/skweɪˈmeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From squama + -ation.

  1. borrowed from squāma
  2. suffixed as squamation — “squama + ation”

Definitions

  1. The condition or character of being covered with scales.

    • A Palæoniscoid fish showing a condition of squamation almost identical with that of Polyodon.
    • The literature is poorly documented on the development of squamation in fishes other than teleosts except in the primitive actinopterygian fishes, the holosteans Lepisosteus and Amia.

  2. A particular arrangement of scales

    A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.

    • A fish from the Muschelkalk…has been made the type of the genus Prohalecites on account of peculiar features in its squamation.
    • Eurynotus…still retains the palæoniscid squamation.
    • These series are found to have a considerable consistency within a subspecies, as well as constant differences between subspecies, so that squamation, or scale arrangement, is of the greatest importance in the classification of snakes.

  3. A scaly growth on the skin.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA