UROPYGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uropygium mean? 

• UROPYGIUM (noun)
  The noun UROPYGIUM has 1 sense:

1. posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow

  Familiarity information: UROPYGIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UROPYGIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("uropygium" is a kind of...):

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

Holonyms ("uropygium" is a part of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)