Pygidium

Translation of "pygidium" into Russian

Noun

/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/

/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/

pygidium

pygidia pl

pygidiums pl

The trilobite's pygidium is often well-preserved in fossils.

Пигидий трилобита часто хорошо сохраняется в ископаемых.

Noun

/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/

/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/

The terminal segment of the body in many arthropods, especially trilobites and some insects, which bears the anus and may carry appendages or spines.

The trilobite fossil was well-preserved, showing a distinct pygidium at the end of its segmented body.

The posterior body region of an annelid worm, usually bearing the anus and sometimes sensory structures.

In polychaetes, the pygidium often carries cirri that aid in sensing the environment.