(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:23:32

Py"gal (?), a. [Gr. the rump.] Anat.

Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians.

 

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