Definition of Scalation

1. Noun. An arrangement of scales. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scalation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalation

scalare
scalares
scalaria
scalariform
scalariformly
scalarization
scalarizations
scalarize
scalarized
scalarizes
scalarizing
scalaron
scalars
scalary
scalas
scalation (current term)
scalations
scalawag
scalawags
scalded
scalded milk
scalded skin syndrome
scalder
scalders
scaldfish
scaldfishes
scalding
scaldingly

Literary usage of Scalation

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

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Most characteristic is the scalation of the body. The scales are minute, ... As may be appreciated, such a scalation is really formidable and the tail is ..."

2. A Revision of the King Snakes: Genus Lampropeltis by Frank Nelson Blanchard (1921)
"In proportions, dentition, and scalation it is so close to the average for the genus that it is difficult to conceive of it as much specialized or as a ..."

3. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"It has been estimated that with a slight wind in their favor a flock of swans can travel over 100 miles an hour. The scalation of the leg and foot is ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1916)
"The two specimens agreed in scalation and in color. The dorsal surface was light, rather cinnamon-brown, with three very dark brown longitudinal stripes, ..."

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