urostege
English
Noun
urostege
(
plural
urosteges
)
(
zoology
,
archaic
)
One of the
plates
on the
underside
of a
snake
's
tail
.
Synonym:
subcaudal
References
“
urostege
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.