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pygidium

[ pahy-jid-ee-uhm ]

noun

Zoology.
plural pygidia
  1. any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.


pygidium

/ -ˈɡɪd-; paɪˈdʒɪdɪəm /

noun

  1. the terminal segment, division, or other structure in certain annelids, arthropods, and other invertebrates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·i· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pygidium1

1840–50; < New Latin < Greek ̄ ( ) rump + -idion diminutive suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pygidium1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek ܲŧ rump
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The trilobite spans 146 meters from cephalon to pygidium, or head to tail, and is carved into the shape of a spiny Ceraurus trilobite instead of the plainer state fossil, Calymene.

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The trilobite spans 146 meters from cephalon to pygidium, or head to tail, and is carved into the shape of a spiny Ceraurus trilobite instead of the plainer state fossil, Calymene.

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“This is part of his thorax. And we have a thoracic vertebrae here. And at the end here, they call it the pygidium. I call it the trilobutt.”

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Seen from above, it presents three divisions from front to rear:—first, a cephalic shield or head-piece; secondly, a thorax, divided into several segments movable upon each other; and thirdly, a tail-piece or pygidium, which, when brought against the head by the rolling up of the body segments, effectually covers the lower parts.

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Squames: the flattened, fimbriated or spine-like marginal processes of the pygidium in Diaspinae, other than the lobes and true spines: = "plates," of Comst.; or "scaly hairs" of Maskell.

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