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pygostylian

pygostylian noun: any avialan of the clade Pygostylia, that has a pygostyle.

pygostylian: any avialan of the clade Pygostylia, that has a pygostyle
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Noun

pygostylian (plural pygostylians)

  1. Any avialan of the clade Pygostylia, that has a pygostyle

Forms of pygostylian

pluralpygostylians

Origin of pygostylian

From Pygostylia + -an.

Questions about pygostylian

What does pygostylian mean?
Pygostylian means any avialan of the clade Pygostylia, that has a pygostyle.
What part of speech is pygostylian?
Pygostylian is a noun.
What is the plural of pygostylian?
The plural of pygostylian is pygostylians.

Words near pygostylian in the dictionary

  1. pygostole
  2. pygostoles
  3. pygostyle
  4. pygostyled
  5. pygostyles
  6. pygostylian
  7. pygostylians
  8. pygostylous
  9. pyhrric
  10. Pyhtää
  11. pyic

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