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Definition of Pygidia
1. pygidium [n] - See also: pygidium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pygidia
Literary usage of Pygidia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Microscopy and Popular Science (1878)
"deavor to avoid and consider as wrong side out. Until 1870, when Mr. Peake discovered
a pair of pygidia on the Lace-wing fly ..."
2. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1898)
"A fourth rib can be found on the lateral lobes of many pygidia. Sculpture.—The
surface of the test is minutely punctuate. Some examples of moulds of the ..."
3. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology by Geological Survey of Canada (1898)
"Most of the specimens from these localities are separate pygidia, with the test
preserved. Some of these pygidia are much larger and more narrowly rounded ..."
4. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology by Charles Doolittle Walcott (1916)
"4, 40 This species is based on two pygidia that indicate a form larger than any
known species of ..."
5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1902)
"Among the pygidia from Arkansas, referable to ... 1-2), and the pygidia (2Oth
Mus., pi. XXI., f. 18; and 28th Mus., pi. 33, f. 4) are of the broad, ..."
6. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1901)
"ENUS, while the pygidia are found more abundantly in other portions. ... both the
cephala and the pygidia are found together in about equal numbers, ..."
7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1905)
"Samuel Couling, MA, to the Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) for
the Geological Department. 5.—Head-shields and pygidia of ..."
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