Pygopus

noun

Py·​go·​pus

ˈpīgəpəs

: a genus (the type of the family Pygopodidae) of pleurodont snake-shaped Australian and Tasmanian lizards without forelimbs and with rudimentary hind limbs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pyg- + -pus

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