Definition of Coccix

Definition of Coccix

||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 vertebræ more or less consolidated.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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