(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:30:05

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.

 

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