coccyx

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  1. noun A small triangular bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and tailless apes, consisting of several fused rudimentary vertebrae. Also called tailbone.

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  • Boss, I'm at a total loss on this one He shoved back from the desk, slid down the chair till his upper weight was resting on his coccyx, and stared at me What He waggled his head, as if to say nothing, nothing at all. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • Nothing has hospitalized me … I've fallen very badly and bruised my coccyx (tailbone) and damaged my ribs at one point. —  Just Jared
  • Although usually found near the coccyx, this painful condition can be found in several places, including the navel or the armpit. —  My Strange Mind
  • Development of the condition in a place other than the coccyx is exceedingly rare, however. —  My Strange Mind
  • The problem is that I've dislocated my coccyx, a useless part of our bodies that's the end of the vertebrae. —  HammHawk
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  1. New Latin, from Greek kokkūx, cuckoo, coccyx (from its resemblance to a cuckoo's beak).

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  1. New Latin, from Greek κόκκυξ, the coccyx (also a cuckoo): see cuckoo.
 

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