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Meaning of PYGOSTYLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Py"go*style\, n. [Gr. ? the rump + ? a pillar.]
(Anat.)
The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the
vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the
vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last
caudal vertebr[ae], and supports the uropigium.
 
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