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scrobitulation

scrobitulation noun: the condition or quality of being scrobiculate.

Noun

scrobitulation (countable and uncountable, plural scrobitulations)

  1. The condition or quality of being scrobiculate.
    • ...laterally compressed cephalon, mostly effaced, showing weak scrobiculation; same locality...1995, John H Shergold, Osvaldo Bordonaro, Eladio Liñán, “Late Cambrian Agnostoid Trilobites from Argentina”, in Palaeontology, volume 38, page 244
  2. A pattern or arrangement of small shallow depressions on a surface.
    • The remarkable keel-like liration within the outer wall of the body-whorl, indicated exteriorly by a scrobiculation running parallel with the suture, distinguishes this species from its allies.1903, Edgar A. Smith, “Descriptions of New Species of Land Shells from Central Africa”, in Journal of Conchology, volume 10, page 315

Forms of scrobitulation

pluralscrobitulations

Questions about scrobitulation

What does scrobitulation mean?
Scrobitulation means the condition or quality of being scrobiculate.
What part of speech is scrobitulation?
Scrobitulation is a noun.
What is the plural of scrobitulation?
The plural of scrobitulation is scrobitulations.

Words near scrobitulation in the dictionary

  1. scrobiculate
  2. scrobiculated
  3. scrobiculately
  4. scrobiculi
  5. scrobiculus
  6. scrobitulation
  7. scrobitulations
  8. scrobs
  9. scrod
  10. scroddle
  11. scroddled

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