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/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.
Use pygostyle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pygostyle means The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae..
Common synonyms include parson's nose, ploughshare bone, pope's nose, sultan's nose.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Aderyn the Bird Queen sat down; her pygostyle engaged a hard wooden bottom.
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