Etymology

pygostyle

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Today it means: The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στῦλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστῦλος“column”
  2. English todaypygostyle

From English pygo- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “column”). By surface analysis, pygo- + -style.

Words from the same roots

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