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scutation

Meaning of "scutation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SCUTATION

skjuːˈteɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCUTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scutation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCUTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scutation in the English dictionary

The definition of scutation in the dictionary is the fact of having or being covered with large bony or horny plates. Other definition of scutation is the fact of being shaped like a round shield or buckler.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCUTATION

accreditation · adaptation · alimentation · citation · consultation · documentation · excitation · hesitation · implementation · interpretation · invitation · limitation · meditation · orientation · presentation · rehabilitation · representation · reputation · rotation · transportation

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCUTATION

scut · scuta · scutage · scutal · Scutari · scutate · scutch · scutch grass · scutcheon · scutcheon-like · scutcheonless · scutcher · scute · scutella · scutellar · scutellate · scutellation · scutellum · Scuti · scutiform

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCUTATION

action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · duration · education · evaluation · federation · formation · foundation · generation

Synonyms and antonyms of scutation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scutation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCUTATION

Find out the translation of scutation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of scutation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scutation» in English.
zh

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scutation
1,325 millions of speakers
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scutation
570 millions of speakers
en

English

scutation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

scutation
380 millions of speakers
ar

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scutation
280 millions of speakers
ru

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scutation
278 millions of speakers
pt

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escutelação
270 millions of speakers
bn

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scutation
260 millions of speakers
fr

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scutation
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Scutation
190 millions of speakers
de

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scutation
180 millions of speakers
ja

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scutation
130 millions of speakers
ko

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scutation
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Scutation
85 millions of speakers
vi

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scutation
80 millions of speakers
ta

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scutation
75 millions of speakers
mr

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कुरूप
75 millions of speakers
tr

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scutation
70 millions of speakers
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scutation
65 millions of speakers
pl

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scutation
50 millions of speakers
uk

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scutation
40 millions of speakers
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scutation
30 millions of speakers
el

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scutation
15 millions of speakers
af

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scutation
14 millions of speakers
sv

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scutation
10 millions of speakers
no

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scutation
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scutation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCUTATION»

Discover the use of scutation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scutation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College
Variation: —-This species and its several races vary considerably in both scutation and coloration. As mentioned (p. 462) the rows are not sharply defined; the characters blend one into another. The sexual differences are not very constant.
‎1915
2
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Kemp's ...
Deraniyagala (1 939) referred to the number and arrangement of these scutes as scutation. There hasbeen a great deal of stability in scutation of the carapace during chelonian evolution (Zangerl and Johnson, 1957). Despite this phylogenetic ...
Charles Wax Caillouet, André M. Landry, 1989
3
Proceedings of the United States National Museum
They fall well within the range of variation of scutation exhibited in this series of 18 specimens collected by the expedition. The smaller of the paratypes is, however, somewhat different from any of these specimens. In addition to the vertebral ...
United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, United States. Dept. of the Interior, 1921
4
Stray Feathers
The points of distinction on which Mr. Blyth chiefly insisted were the extent to which the tarsus was feathered, and the reticulate character of the scutation of the foot and front and sides of the tarsus. As regards the former, I have already shown ...
‎1876
5
Stray Feathers. a Journal of Ornithology for India and Its ...
Females. — Length, 8"62 to 95 ; expanse, 12-25 to 1262 ; tail from vent, 4'0 to 445 ; wing, 375 to 45 ; tarsus, 07 to 076 ; bill from gape, 065 to 075 ; wing, 175 to 2-25 oz. Front of tarsus and toes pinkish purple, with the scutation divided by pink  ...
‎1878
6
Contributions in Science
1 8. In members of the Hypoptopomatinae and Loricari- inae the dermal plates posterior to the anus make contact at the midline. Astroblepus lacks dermal scutation (state 0). The morphology of dermal scutation in callichthyids is quite different ...
‎1987
7
Collected papers
The specimens have a wide range of variation both in color and scutation. According to Cope (Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1862, p. 64) the distinguishing characters of A. taeniura are mainly of color and tail scutation. One, however, of the ...
Gladwyn Kingsley Noble, 1915
8
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the ...
On the 24th, it was R'efi/ved, * That an humble RepreReshhfion for a scutation be made to her Majesty upon the sisveral Reports Repusimffin and Reshlutions of this Housi: relatingr to the Imprest-Acm 'he (Linen compts, the public Debts, the ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Richard Chandler, 1742
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Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign ...
Dalrymple also made a repre' scutation to the local government of the circumstances of the case, with reference to Mr. Woodburn, who was amenable to the government. Mr. M'Donnellafterwards claimed personalsatisfaction from Capt.
‎1828
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Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
The long and narrow snouts, sharp and slender teeth, short fore-limbs, and imbricated scutation of these extinct crocodilians, attest, with their vertebral structure, their adaptation to an aquatic life, and to the capture of a prey not more highly ...
‎1842
REFERENCE
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