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Uropygium   Listen
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Uropygium  n.  (Anat.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; sometimes called pope's nose.






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... follows generally the same law. The crown of the head, the throat, the ear-coverts, and the eyes have usually distinct tints in all highly coloured birds; the region of the furcula has often a distinct patch of colour, as have the pectoral muscles, the uropygium or root of the ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace



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