Nuchal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nuchal \Nu"chal\, a. [Cf. F. nucal.] (Anat.)
     Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of
     the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate
     in the carapace of turtles.
     [1913 Webster]