uropygial

[ yoor-uh-pij-ee-uhl ]

adjectiveOrnithology.
  1. of or relating to the uropygium.

Origin of uropygial

1
First recorded in 1865–70; uropygi(um) + -al1

Words Nearby uropygial

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