Definitions for pygidia

pygidia py·gid·i·um

Spelling: [pahy-jid-ee-uh m]
IPA: /paɪˈdʒɪd i əm/

Pygidia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in pygidia (adgiipy).

Definitions for pygidia

noun

  1. any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.

Origin of pygidia

1840-50; New Latin Greek pȳg(ḗ) rump + -idion diminutive suffix

Examples for pygidia

Appendages of the thorax and pygidium, seen from the ventral side.

It and the pygidium are due solely to functional requirements.

An exceedingly remarkable organ of sense, which is found in all fleas, is called the pygidium.

All indications are that the spine was not in any sense a pygidium.

Spine: a sharp process: in Coccidae there are two, one each side of each segment of the pygidium.

Abdomen beneath yellow, each segment margined with brown, the pygidium yellow, with two largish oblique black spots.

pygidium and part of the thorax, with some of the appendages.

The appendages of the thorax and pygidium, seen from the lower side.

Appendages of the thorax and pygidium, seen from the dorsal side.

Median notch: in Coccidae, a notch in the edge of the pygidium, at the posterior extremity of the body.

Word Value for pygidia
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17

Words with friends

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