uropygial
English
Etymology
From uropygium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʊəɹə(ʊ)ˈpɪd͡ʒɪəl/
Adjective
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
French
Adjective
uropygial (feminine uropygiale, masculine plural uropygiaux, feminine plural uropygiales)
Further reading
- “uropygial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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