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uropygial, a. and n. Ornith.|-ˈpɪdʒɪəl|
[a. F. uropygial: see uropygi-um and -al1.]
1. adj. Situated on, belonging to, the rump or uropygium. Usu. uropygial gland.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 16 The crop and the uropygial gland are peculiar to, though not universally found in Birds. 1884Coues N. Amer. Birds 86 This is a two-lobed..gland, saddled upon the ‘pope's nose’, at the root of the tail, and hence sometimes called the uropygial or rump gland. 1891Cent. Dict. s.v., Uropygial feathers.
2. n. A rump-feather.
1886Newton in Encycl. Brit. XX. 180/2 The middle feathers of the tail, ordinarily concealed..by the uropygials, are black. |