palmation means the quality of being palmate. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From palmate + -ion.
noun
- The quality of being palmate.“In these four antlers there is no trace of palmation, and apart from the elongated base there is nothing to distinguish them from the two-, three-, and four-tined stages of the antlers of other deer...”
- A palmate structure.“In the antlers of the moose, on the other hand, we find the following abnormality: the antlers may add extra points that reach down, below the palmations' edges.”