uropygialadj.n.

/jʊərəʊˈpɪdʒɪəl/

Etymology: < French uropygial: see uropygi- (in uropygium n.) and -al suffix¹.

Ornithology.

A. adj.

Situated on, belonging to, the rump or uropygium. Usually uropygial gland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > relating to rump

uropygial1870

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 16 The crop and the uropygial gland are peculiar to, though not universally found in Birds.

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 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.

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Uropygial feathers.

B. n.

A rump-feather.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > rump > feather on

uropygial1886

1886 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XX. 180/2 The middle feathers of the tail, ordinarily concealed..by the uropygials, are black.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	uropygial
释义	uropygialadj.n. /jʊərəʊˈpɪdʒɪəl/ Etymology: < French uropygial: see uropygi- (in uropygium n.) and -al suffix¹. Ornithology. A. adj. Situated on, belonging to, the rump or uropygium. Usually uropygial gland. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > relating to rump uropygial1870 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 16 The crop and the uropygial gland are peculiar to, though not universally found in Birds. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 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. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Uropygial feathers. B. n. A rump-feather. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > rump > feather on uropygial1886 1886 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XX. 180/2 The middle feathers of the tail, ordinarily concealed..by the uropygials, are black. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.n.1870
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