pygidium

pygidium
pygidial, adj.
/puy jid"ee euhm/, n., pl. pygidia /-jid"ee euh/. Zool.
any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
[1840-50; < NL < Gk pyg(é) rump + -idion dim. suffix]

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