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nountailshield (plural tailshields)
plural tailshields
- The pygidium.
Trilobites have a distinct headshield or cephalon and a distinct tailshield or pygidium, and in both these regions the original segmentation has been suppressed — more completely in the cephalon than in the pygidium — and [...]
1985, E. W. Nield, Ted Nield, V. C. T. Tucker, Palaeontology, an Introduction
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tailshield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailshield
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“tailshield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailshield. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailshield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailshield.
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