2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Coccyx \Coc"cyx\, n.; pl. L. {Coccyges}. [L., cuckoo, Gr. ?, cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of a cuckoo.] (Anat.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebr[ae] more or less consolidated. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: coccyx n : the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes [syn: {tail bone}] [also: {coccyges} (pl)]
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