(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:34:10

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 vertebrae more or less consolidated.

 

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