Squamation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skweɪˈmeɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Squamation is a noun meaning (zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
Meaning
(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
More Meanings
- (zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.
- (pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin.
Example Sentences
Eurynotus…still retains the palæoniscid squamation.
A Palæoniscoid fish showing a condition of squamation almost identical with that of Polyodon.
A fish from the Muschelkalk…has been made the type of the genus Prohalecites on account of peculiar features in its squamation.
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.
Word Forms
- squamations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scaliness, squamulation, scutellation, scutation, squama, pholidosis.
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