Associations to the word «Uropygial»

Wiktionary

UROPYGIAL, adjective. (ornithology) Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump.
UROPYGIAL GLAND, noun. A secretory organ, at the base of a bird's tail, that secretes the oil used in preening.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats