单词 | uropygial gland |
释义 | > as lemmasuropygial gland 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. < as lemmas |
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