Definition of Palmations

1. palmation [n] - See also: palmation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmations

palmarium
palmarosa
palmary
palmate
palmate compound
palmate folds
palmate leaf
palmated
palmately
palmately compound
palmates
palmatifid
palmatilobed
palmatine
palmation
palmations
palmatipartite
palmatisect
palmatisected
palmature
palmchat
palmchats
palmcorder
palmcorders
palmcrist
palmcrists
palmed
palmellin
palmer
palmers

Literary usage of Palmations

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"... tarsi and toes ochraceous buff, nails and center of palmations blackish. I think the coloring of the tarsi and toes in this species depends on age and ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"Measurements of the antlers are, respectively, as follows : Length main beam (along side) 1090, 1265 ; greatest spread between palmations 710, ..."

3. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains by Stephen Wootton Bushell, William Mackay Laffan (1907)
"Turquoise blue palmations and incised decorations in the paste. Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795). Height 8% inches. 2. BOTTLE. White porcelain invested with a ..."

4. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum by Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1857)
"When a fresh margin is formed below the palmations of the former one, ... As the palmations are most developed in the adolescent state, so are the pits. ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"He adds, however, that the palmations of the two long arms might be of as much use to it in sailing as in rowing, though his own opinion is, ..."

6. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"ANTLERS. Length of each beam, inside measurement 48 in. Around burr 14'A in. Around beams, at smallest place 10 in. Width of palmations 15 in. ..."

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