cytopyge

noun

cy·​to·​pyge

plural -s

: the point especially if permanently identifiable at which waste is discharged from the protozoan body

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary cyt- + Greek pygē rump; originally formed as German zytopyge

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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