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)
- permed
- permethrin
- permethrins
- Permiak
- Permian
- permians
- permics
- permillage
- permillages
- perming
- permissibilities
- permissibility
- permissible
- permissibleness
- permissiblenesses
- permissibly
- permission
- permissions
- permissive
- permissive blocking
- permissively
- permissiveness
- permissivenesses
- permit
- permit (of)