'Coccyx' definitions:
Definition of 'coccyx'
(from WordNet)
noun
The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes [syn: coccyx, tail bone]
Definition of 'Coccyx'
From: GCIDE
- Coccyx \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 vertebr[ae] more or less consolidated. [1913 Webster]