PYGIDIUM

Definition: PYGIDIUM

PYGIDIUM

Noun

1. The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "PYGIDIUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Etymology: Pygidium \Py*gid"i*um\, noun; plural Pygidia. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, diminutive of the rump.]. (Websters 1913)

"PYGIDIUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: pugilism.

Usage Frequency: PYGIDIUM

"PYGIDIUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PYGIDIUM" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Rhyming with "PYGIDIUM"

Words rhyming with "PYGIDIUM" (pronounced 'Py*gid"i*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum. (additional references)

Anagrams: PYGIDIUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-g-i-i-m-p-u-y"
	-3 letters: dumpy, gimpy, pigmy, pudgy.
	-4 letters: dump, gimp, guid, imid, impi, midi.
	-5 letters: dig, dim, dip, dug, dui, dup, gid, gip, gum, guy, gym, gyp, imp, mid, mig, mud, mug, pig, piu, pud, pug, ump, yid, yip, yum, yup.
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