Pygopod

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pygopod \Py"go*pod\, n. [Gr. pygh` rump + -pod.]
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     1. (Zool.) One of the Pygopodes.
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     2. (Zool.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family


        {Pygopodid[ae]}, which have rudimentary hind legs near the
        anal cleft, but lack fore legs.
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