different between uropygium vs uropygial
uropygium
English
Etymology
Mediaeval Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (ouropúgion, “tail feathers”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?????p?d????m/
Noun
uropygium (plural uropygia)
- The posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow.
Derived terms
- uropygial
uropygium From the web:
uropygial
English
Etymology
From uropygium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j????(?)?p?d???l/
Adjective
uropygial (not comparable)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump.
- 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 158)
- […] [Aderyn the Bird Queen], on whose face a kind of agitated oil or sweat was spreading thinly, an uropygial secretion.
- 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 158)
Derived terms
- uropygial gland
French
Adjective
uropygial (feminine singular uropygiale, masculine plural uropygiaux, feminine plural uropygiales)
- uropygial
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