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English
Etymology
From uropygium.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uropygial (not comparable)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump.
1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F, Penguin, published 2004, page 158:[…] [Aderyn the Bird Queen], on whose face a kind of agitated oil or sweat was spreading thinly, an uropygial secretion.
Derived terms
French
Adjective
uropygial (feminine uropygiale, masculine plural uropygiaux, feminine plural uropygiales)
- uropygial
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