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QUEUE OSSEUSE [1 record]

Record 1 2000-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

Term for the vertebrates at the end of the vertebral column that form the terminal bone at the base of the tail, which is the base of attachment for the rectrices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Vertèbres soudées à l'extrémité de la colonne vertébrale qui forment la base de la queue et où sont ancrées les rectrices.

CONT

La queue osseuse est réduite chez les oiseaux et les 3 ou 4 dernières vertèbres caudales sont souvent fusionnées en une pièce nommée pygostyle.

Spanish

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