pygostyle

noun /ˈpaɪɡəstaɪl/

1. The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae.

   Aderyn the Bird Queen sat down; her pygostyle engaged a hard wooden bottom.

Where it comes from

From English pygo- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “column”). By surface analysis, pygo- + -style.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pygostyle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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