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scutation

scutation noun: the number and arrangement of scutes.

Noun

scutation (countable and uncountable, plural scutations)

  1. The number and arrangement of scutes.
    • The morphology of dermal scutation in callichthyids is quite different from that in loricariids, with two rather than three more series of overlapping plates along the body, suggesting that the types of scutation in callichthyids and loricariids are non-homologous.1957, Contributions in Science - Issues 393-403, page 25
    • There has been a great deal of stability in scutation of the carapace during chelonian evolution (Zangerl and Johnson, 1957).1989, Charles Wax Caillouet, André M. Landry, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Biology, Conservation, and Management, page 202

Forms of scutation

pluralscutations

Origin of scutation

From scute + -ation.

Questions about scutation

What does scutation mean?
Scutation means the number and arrangement of scutes.
What part of speech is scutation?
Scutation is a noun.
What is the plural of scutation?
The plural of scutation is scutations.

Words near scutation in the dictionary

  1. scutages
  2. scutal
  3. Scutari
  4. scutate
  5. scutated
  6. scutation
  7. scutations
  8. scutch
  9. scutch grass
  10. scutch grasses
  11. scutched

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