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    coccyx

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Human
    coc·cyx /ˈkɒksɪks $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun (plural coccyxes or coccyges /kɒkˈsaɪdʒiːz $ ˈkɑːksə-/) [countable] technical  HBHthe small bone at the bottom of your spine 尾骨 SYN tailbone
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    coccyx• Too much to expect a new pair of arms to grow out of her ribs, or her coccyx to elongate so enormously.• Pain like this after a fall on the coccyx.    Origin coccyx (1500-1600) Modern Latin Greek kokkyx “cuckoo”; because it looks like a cuckoo's beak
    coc·cyx nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus of small your spine bone the at bottom the


    coccyx
    coc‧cyx /ˈkɒksɪks $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun (plural coccyxes or coccyges /kɒkˈsaɪdʒiːz $ ˈkɑːksə-/) [countable] technical
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: Greek kokkyx 'cuckoo'; because it looks like a cuckoo's beak
    the small bone at the bottom of your spine
       SYN  tailbone


    coc·cyxBrE /ˈkɒksɪks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːksɪks/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    coc·cyxes     or
    coc·cy·ges BrE /ˈkɒksɪdʒiːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɑːksɪdʒiːz/ 🔊     )     (anatomy 解剖学)
    the small bone at the bottom of the spine 尾骨 SYN tailbone