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Pygostyle
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebrae, and supports the uropigium.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pygostyle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pygostyle.html. 1828.