hypopygium
noun
hy·po·pyg·i·um
variants or less commonly hypopygidium
"+pəˈjidēəm
plural hypopygia also hypopygidia
-ēə
: a modified 9th abdominal segment of many insects with which the copulatory apparatus is associated
especially : such a modified segment together with the copulatory apparatus of a dipterous insect
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from hypo- + -pygium (from pyg- + -ium) or -pygidium (from Greek pygidion small rump)
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