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Pygidium

UK
/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/
US
/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/
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Translation pygidium into russian

pygidium
Noun
raiting
UK
/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/
US
/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/
The trilobite's pygidium is often well-preserved in fossils.
Пигидий трилобита часто хорошо сохраняется в ископаемых.

Definitions

pygidium
Noun
raiting
UK
/pɪˈɡɪdɪəm/
US
/pɪˈɡɪdiəm/
The terminal segment of the body in certain arthropods, such as trilobites and some insects, which may bear the anus and sometimes other structures.
The trilobite fossil was well-preserved, showing a distinct pygidium at the end of its segmented body.