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scutations

scutations is the plural of scutation.

Meaning of scutation

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

Questions about scutations

What is scutations the plural of?
Scutations is the plural of scutation.

Words near scutations in the dictionary

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

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