coccygeal glands

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coccygeal glands - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coccygeal \Coc*cyg"e*al\, a. (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal
     vertebr[ae].
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     Coccygeal glands (Zool.), glands situated at the base of
        the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the
        plumage is dressed.
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