UROPYGIUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("uropygium" is a kind of...):

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

Holonyms ("uropygium" is a part of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

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