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pygidium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacea, and certain insects.

Word forms

pygidium pygidia pygidiums

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pygidium, By surface analysis, pygo- + -idium.

Derived words

postpygidium pygidial

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