coccyges

Variant of coccyx

coccyx definition

coc·cyx (käk′siks′)

noun pl. coccyges coc·cy′·ges′ (käk sī′jēz′)

a small, triangular bone at the lower end of the vertebral column, formed by the fusion of four rudimentary vertebrae and articulating with the sacrum

Etymology: L, cuckoo < Gr kokkyx (< kokku, echoic of its cry): so called because shaped like a cuckoo's beak

Related Forms:

  • coccygeal coc·cyg′·eal (-sij′ē əl) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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