Definition of Squamation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squamation

squalodont
squalodonts
squaloid
squaloids
squalor
squalors
squama
squama frontalis
squama occipitalis
squama temporalis
squamaceous
squamae
squamate
squamates
squamation (current term)
squamations
squamatization
squamduck
squame
squamella
squamellae
squamellate
squames
squamiferous
squamiform
squamigerous
squamipen
squamo-
squamo-occipital

Literary usage of Squamation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1906)
"The tail of A. pulchra may equal or exceed one-third of the total length of the animal. I have been unable to discover any differences in the squamation ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1906)
"I have been unable to discover any differences in the squamation of dark and light specimens; and since the recognition of A. nigra as distinct from A. ..."

3. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Portion of squamation ; British Museum. Specific Characters. ... The type specimen, a piece of squamation in the Mantell Collection (No. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"squamation of the head smaller than in other species; superior labials twelve, below the middle of the eye, instead of eight or nine in A. ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1874)
"Abdomen conical, apparently without tufts in the $, with longer dorsal depressed scales in the $, in either sex not with the thick squamation of Hadena. ..."

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