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单词 uropygium
释义 uropygium Ornith.|-ˈpɪdʒɪəm|
[med.L. ūropygium (Diefenb.), ad. Gr. οὐροπύγιον. Cf. It. and Pg. uropigio.]
The rump in birds.
1771G. White Let. in Selborne (1789) xxxv. 92 The trains of those magnificent birds [sc. peacocks]..growing not from their uropygium, but all up their backs.1813Bingley Anim. Biog. (ed. 4) II. 235 The brilliant train of the Peacock..not growing from the uropygium (or rump,) but upon the back.1835–6Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 349/1 A gland which is situated above the coccyx or uropygium.1886P. L. Sclater Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. XI. 17 Cap, uropygium, and upper wing-coverts shining blue.
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