coccyges

Meaning of coccyges

plural noun

a small triangular bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and some apes, formed of fused vestigial vertebrae.

late 16th century: via Latin from Greek kokkux ‘cuckoo’ (because the shape of the human bone resembles the cuckoo's bill).

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Hyphenation of coccyges

coc-cyges

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • coccyges is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with coccyges

Gyges, apophyges, Iapyges, Apteryges, Jazyges

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