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Definition of: uropygium
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r′ə·pij′ē·əm) noun Ornithol.
The terminal part of the body supporting the tail feathers of a bird; rump. [<NL <Gk. ouropygion, alter. (after oura tail) of orrhopygion <orrhos end of the os sacrum + pygē rump]
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