Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, rump-footed, as an auk, loon, or grebe; having the legs inserted far back, appearing close by the rump; of or pertaining to the Pygopodes.
- In herpetology, of or pertaining to the Pygopodidæ.
- noun In herpetology, a lizard of the family Pygopodidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Pygopodes.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family
Pygopodidæ , which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the Pygopodes.
- noun zoology Any species of
serpentiform lizards of the familyPygopodidae , which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack forelegs.
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