palmation

Noun

palmation (countable and uncountable, plural palmations)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being palmate.
   • In these four antlers there is no trace of palmation, and apart from the elongated base there is nothing to distinguish them from the two-, three-, and four-tined stages of the antlers of other deer...1933, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - Part 1, page 394
   • Fallow deer of trophy quality must develop palmation; there are herds where palmations are rare or non-existent.1992, Andrew John De Nahlik, Management of Deer and Their Habitat: Principles and Methods
2. (countable) A palmate structure.
   • In the antlers of the moose, on the other hand, we find the following abnormality: the antlers may add extra points that reach down, below the palmations' edges.1977, Wolfgang Schad, Man and Mammals: Toward a Biology of Form, page 168
   • Fallow deer of trophy quality must develop palmation; there are herds where palmations are rare or non-existent.1992, Andrew John De Nahlik, Management of Deer and Their Habitat: Principles and Methods