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Uropygium

Definition: Uropygium

Uropygium

Noun

1. Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Uropygium \U`ro*pyg"i*um\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, (corrupted form) the end of the os sacrum rump.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: Uropygium

English words defined with "uropygium": Pope's noseUropygial. (references)
Etymologies containing "uropygium": Uropygial. (references)

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Modern Translation: Uropygium

Language Translations for "uropygium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Swedish

  

gump (rump). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Uropygium

Derivations

Words beginning with "uropygium": uropygiums. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Uropygium"

Words rhyming with "uropygium" (pronounced 'U`ro*pyg"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)

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Anagrams: Uropygium

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-i-m-o-p-r-u-u-y"

-3 letters: grumpy.

-4 letters: gimpy, goyim, grimy, gripy, group, grump, guiro, opium, pigmy, pirog, porgy, primo, roupy.

-5 letters: gimp, giro, gorp, gory, grim, grip, grum, guru, gyri, gyro, miry, mopy, orgy, pogy, pour, prig, prim, prog, prom, puri, rimy, romp, ropy, roup, rump, yogi, your.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-m-o-p-r-u-u-y"
 

+1 letter: uropygiums.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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