pygostyle
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pygostyle
- /ˈpaɪɡəstaɪl/
Where it comes from
From English pygo- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “column”). By surface analysis, pygo- + -style.
noun pygostyles
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The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae.
Aderyn the Bird Queen sat down; her pygostyle engaged a hard wooden bottom.
Similar: parson's nose, ploughshare bone, pope's nose, sultan's nose
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Talk about this word "pygostyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pygostyle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pygostyle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pygostyle "pygostyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pygostyle.Cite this
@misc{pygostyle_2026,
title = {pygostyle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pygostyle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
