pygostyle

/ˈpaɪɡəstaɪl/

Etymology

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

pygostyle means the plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

pygostyle is pronounced /ˈpaɪɡəstaɪl/.

noun

The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae.“Aderyn the Bird Queen sat down; her pygostyle engaged a hard wooden bottom.”