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pygal

pygal adjective: 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.

Adjective

pygal (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • pygal lobe
    • pygal plate

Noun

pygal (plural pygals)

  1. The posterior median or supracaudal plate of a chelonian carapace.

pygal meaning in Tamil

pygal in Tamil

புட்டங்களுக்குரிய

Forms of pygal

pluralpygals

Origin of pygal

From pygo- + -al.

Words formed from pygal

Questions about pygal

What does pygal mean?
Pygal means 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.
What is pygal in Tamil?
Pygal in Tamil is புட்டங்களுக்குரிய. See Pygal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pygal?
Pygal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pygal in the dictionary

  1. pyets
  2. pyew
  3. pyewipe
  4. pyewipes
  5. pyflubumide
  6. pygal
  7. pygalgia
  8. pygals
  9. pygarctia
  10. pygarctias
  11. pygarg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pygal (page history and authors); pygal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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