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单词 coccyx
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coccyx

(kɒksɪks)
Word forms: plural coccyxeslanguage note: The plural coccyges is used in American English.
countable noun
The coccyx is the small triangular bone at the lower end of the spine in human beings and some apes.

coccyx in British English

(ˈkɒksɪks)
nounWord forms: plural coccyges (kɒkˈsaɪdʒiːz)
a small triangular bone at the end of the spinal column in humans and some apes, representing a vestigial tail
Derived forms
coccygeal (kɒkˈsɪdʒɪəl) or coccygian (kɒkˈsɪdʒɪən)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from New Latin, from Greek kokkux cuckoo, of imitative origin; from the likeness of the bone to a cuckoo's beak

coccyx in American English

(ˈkɑkˌsɪks)
nounWord forms: plural cocˈcyˌges (kɑkˈsaɪˌdʒiz)
a small, triangular bone at the lower end of the vertebral column, formed by thefusion of four rudimentary vertebrae and articulating with the sacrum
Derived forms
coccygeal (cocˈcygeal) (ˈkɑkˈsɪdʒiəl)
adjective
Word origin
L, cuckoo < Gr kokkyx (< kokku, echoic of its cry): so called because shaped like a cuckoo's beak

Examples of 'coccyx' in a sentence
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Stella sat down quickly on the hard chair, landing painfully on her coccyx.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
Had an appointment once with an osteopath when I had that trouble with my coccyx.
Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2002)

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