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pygidium

pygidium


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pygidium  \Py*gid"i*um\,  n.;  pl  {Pygidia}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  dim. 
  of  ?  the  rump.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  caudal  plate  of  trilobites,  crustacean,  and  certain 
  insects.  See  Illust.  of  {Limulus}  and  {Trilobite}.