Coccyx

Coccyx signifying a cuckoo, we have made it cuckold.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Pliny, the naturalist, says: “Coccyx ova subdit in nidis alienis; ita plerique alienas uxores faciunt matres” — “the cuckoo deposits its eggs in the nest of other birds; so the Romans not unfrequently made mothers of the wives of their friends.”

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

And when it came to the flat bone that marked its end—Coccyx, said Dick; Os sacrum, said the chaplain—it splayed its five fingers and cupped the rounding cheeks of his bum.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

And when it came to the flat bone that marked its end—Coccyx, said Dick; Os sacrum, said the chaplain—it splayed its five fingers and cupped the rounding cheeks of his bum.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

The _Pelvis_ is an open bony structure, consisting of the Os Innominata, one on either side, and the Sacrum and Coccyx behind.

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

Spinal Column, the _Sacrum_, the _Coccyx_, and two _Ossa Innominata_.

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

-- Anterior aspect of Coccyx, showing the double articular concavities placed side by side beneath the neural arch. a character made use of in zoological classification.

The Common Frog 1874

-- Coccyx of Frog, lateral view, a black line indicates the course of the sciatic nerve.

The Common Frog 1874

I'm 20 year old male and out of the blue the bottom part of my tailbone, the Coccyx I believe, started to hurt when I sat down or stood up.

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I'm 20 year old male and out of the blue the bottom part of my tailbone, the Coccyx I believe, started to hurt when I sat down or stood up.

Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010