rump
Cape swift with a white rump
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Goldhammer with a russet rump
As Bürzel the back, upper back is birds or the fletching referred to in this area. In many bird species the rump plumage is clearly separated from the rest of the upper side plumage by color and drawing. The rump gland , a skin gland , sits on the dorsal side of the rump .
In the hunter's language , the tail of wild boar , badger and bear is called a rump.
literature
- Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaur's large hunting dictionary. Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5 .
- Lars Svensson , Peter J. Grant, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström: The new cosmos bird guide . Kosmos, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-440-07720-9 .
Web links
Wiktionary: abbreviations - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: tumble - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glossary of Hunters' Language
- ↑ Haseder, p. 141