uropygial
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From uropygium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
uropygial (not comparable)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump.
- 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F, Penguin, published 2004, page 158:
- […] [Aderyn the Bird Queen], on whose face a kind of agitated oil or sweat was spreading thinly, an uropygial secretion.
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
uropygial (feminine uropygiale, masculine plural uropygiaux, feminine plural uropygiales)
Further reading[edit]
- “uropygial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.