pygidium
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Origin of pygidium
1840–50; < New Latin < Greek pȳg ( ḗ ) rump + -idion diminutive suffix
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The trilobite spans 146 meters from cephalon to pygidium, or head to tail, and is carved into the shape of a spiny Ceraurus trilobite instead of the plainer state fossil, Calymene.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 22, 2017
Median notch: in Coccidae, a notch in the edge of the pygidium, at the posterior extremity of the body.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Squames: the flattened, fimbriated or spine-like marginal processes of the pygidium in Diaspinae, other than the lobes and true spines: = "plates," of Comst.; or "scaly hairs" of Maskell.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The relation in size between the flea and its pygidium.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
Lobe: any prominent rounded process or excrescence on a margin: specifically, the rounded, tooth-like processes on the margin of the pygidium of the Diaspinae: also applied to lateral expansions of the abdominal segments.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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