uropygial
English
editEtymology
editFrom uropygium.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edituropygial (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
editFrench
editAdjective
edituropygial (feminine uropygiale, masculine plural uropygiaux, feminine plural uropygiales)
Further reading
edit- “uropygial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.