| pyg- | See: pygo-. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pygal | <anatomy> Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians. Origin: Gr. The rump. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pygalgia | Rarely used term meaning pain in the buttocks. Origin: pyg-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygargus | 1. <zoology> A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump. 2. <zoology> The female of the hen harrier. The sea eagle. Origin: L. Pygargus, Gr, literally, white rump; the rump + white: cf. F. Pygargue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pygidium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr, dim. Of the rump. <zoology> The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pygmalionism | Rarely used term for the state of being in love with an object of one's own creation. Origin: Pygmalion, G. Myth. Char. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygmean | Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small. " Like that Pygmean race. <zoology> " Pygmy antelope, any one of several species of very small green parrots (Nasiternae), native of new Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows. Origin: L. Pygmaeus. See Pygmy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pygmy | Origin: L. Pygmaeus, Gr, fr. The fist, a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles, about 131 inches. Cf. Pugnacious, Fist Alternative forms: pigmy. 1. One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed. 2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf. "Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps. And pyramids are pyramids in vales." (Young) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pygo- | The buttocks. Origin: G. Pyge (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygoamorphus | Conjoined twins in which the parasite, attached to the buttocks of the autosite, is reduced to a formless mass or embryoma. See: conjoined twins. Origin: pygo-+ G. A-priv. + morphe, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygobranchia | <zoology> A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Pugh the rump + a gill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pygodidymus | Conjoined twins fused in the cephalothoracic region but with the buttocks and parts below doubled. See: conjoined twins. See: duplicitas posterior. Origin: pygo-+ G. Didymos, twin (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygomelus | Unequal conjoined twins in which the parasite is represented by a fleshy mass, or by a more fully developed limb, attached to the sacral or coccygeal region of the autosite. See: conjoined twins. Origin: pygo-+ G. Melos, part (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygopagus | Conjoined twins in which the two individuals are joined at the buttocks, most often back to back. See: conjoined twins. Origin: pygo-+ G. Pagos, something fixed (05 Mar 2000) |
| pygopod | 1. <zoology> One of the Pygopodes. 2. <zoology> Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs. Origin: Gr. Rump + -pod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |