the bony rod forming the last segment of the vertebral column of frogs, toads, and related amphibians
Word origin
C19: from uro-2 + Greek stulos pillar
urostyle in American English
(ˈjurəˌstail)
noun
Anatomy
the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians
Word origin
[1870–75; uro-2 + -style2]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: billing, fifth wheel, giveaway, immobilize, washouturo- is a combining form meaning “tail,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix uro- include: urochord, uromere, uropod, uropygium; -style is a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of thekind specified)” used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use theaffix -style include: cyclostyle, cyrtostyle, hypostyle, orthostyle, peristyle
Examples of 'urostyle' in a sentence
urostyle
How are the urostyle and the pelvis connected, if at all?
Worrallo Whitney; Frederic Lucas; Harold Shinn; Mabel Smallwood A Guide for the Study of Animals (1911). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
Fifty-seven specimens were collected, ranging from 18.5 to 100.4 mm in snout-urostyle length.
Teixeira, Rogério L., Vrcibradic, Davor 2003, 'Diet of Leptodactylus ocellatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from coastal lagoons of SoutheasternBrazil', Cuadernos de Herpetologíahttp://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/diet-of-leptodactylus-ocellatus-anura-leptodactylidae-from-coastal-lagoons-of-southeastern-brazil.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)