coccyx

Noun

Meaning

The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tailbone tail bone rump bottom tail bone backbone skeleton butt pelvis bum backside breastbone pricker bones
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Hypernyms

bone os

Derivatives

coccyges

Examples

The gluteus maximus has its origin between (and around) the iliac crest and the coccyx from where one part radiates into the iliotibial tract and the other stretches down to the gluteal tuberosity under the greater trochanter. Source: Internet

Yoga refers to this power flowing from the coccyx to Spirit as the awakened kundalini. Source: Internet

The tail has separate vertebrae unlike the fused urostyle or coccyx in modern frogs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

coccygian coccygodynia coccyodynia Coccyzus Coccyzus erythropthalmus cocelebrant