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Noun: coccyx (coccyges)  kók-siks
  1. The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
    - tail bone

Derived forms: coccyges

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: back, backbone, hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, rachis [technical], spinal column, spine, vertebral column

Encyclopedia: Coccyx