uropygial
English
Etymology
From uropygium.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uropygial (not comparable)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump.
- 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 158)
- […] [Aderyn the Bird Queen], on whose face a kind of agitated oil or sweat was spreading thinly, an uropygial secretion.
- 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 158)
Derived terms
French
Adjective
uropygial (feminine uropygiale, masculine plural uropygiaux, feminine plural uropygiales)