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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In ornithology, rump-footed, as an auk, loon, or grebe; having the legs inserted far back, appearing close by the rump; of or pertaining to the Pygopodes.
  • In herpetology, of or pertaining to the Pygopodidæ.
  • noun In herpetology, a lizard of the family Pygopodidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the Pygopodes.
  • noun (Zoöl.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidæ, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology One of the Pygopodes.
  • noun zoology Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack forelegs.

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