Definitions for Pygidium

Pygidium py·gid·i·um

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

Pygidium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in Pygidium (dgiimpuy).

Definitions for Pygidium

noun

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

Origin of Pygidium

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

Examples for Pygidium

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

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

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

It and the pygidium are due solely to functional requirements.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for Pygidium
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17

Words with friends

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