About The Word Coccyx

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Coccyx to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Coccyx definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Coccyx

Coccyx Meaning & Definition
Coccyx Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coccyx?

[n] the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coccyx: tail bone

Related Terms | Find terms related to Coccyx:

See Also | back | backbone | bone | caudal vertebra | coccygeal vertebra | hip | os | pelvic arch | pelvic girdle | pelvis | rachis | spinal column | spine | vertebral column

Coccyx In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Unarbitrary ‐ not subject to individual…
  • Kibbutz ‐ (Israel) a collective farm owned by its members; children are…
  • Bloke ‐ (informal) a man who is (usually) old and/or…
  • Genus rudbeckia ‐ North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower…
  • Twenty-eighth ‐ coming next after the twenty-seventh…
  • Vegetarian ‐ eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat…
  • Fanwort ‐ common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating…
  • Chain gang ‐ a gang of convicts…
  • Cope with ‐ satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my…
  • Cell doctrine ‐ (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural…