The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine, very near the anus. It is the lowest part of the spinal column. Also known as tailbone.

The small bone at the bottom of the spine. It is made up of 3-5 fused bones. Also called tailbone.

1610s, from Latin coccyx, from Greek kokkyx "cuckoo" (from kokku, like the bird's English name echoic of its cry), so called by ancient Greek physician Galen because the bone in humans [..]

The small bone at the end of the spinal column in man, formed by the fusion of four rudimentary vertebrae. The three, and sometimes four, segments of bone just below the sacrum; referred to as the tai [..]

kokkyx = cuckoo. Anthropoid caudal vertebrae. cochlea

The tailbone.

The small bone at the end of the spinal column in man, formed by the fusion of four rudimentary vertebrae. The "tail bone".

(n) the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes

The tailbone.

The coccyx is the very bottom portion of the spine. It represents a vestigial tail (hence the common term "tailbone") and consists of four or more very small bones that are fused together. T [..]

At the end of the vertebral column and below the sacrum, three to five vertebrae are called the coccyx, commonly known as the tailbone.

Last bone in the spine

Tailbone; made up of the caudal vertebrae, it is most often fused into a single unit.

The small bone at the bottom of the spine. It is made up of 3-5 fused bones. Also called tailbone.

The small bone at the end of the spinal column, formed by the fusion of four rudimentary vertebrae (commonly called the "tail bone").

The tailbone, which consists of three-four fused vertebrae.

The 'tailbone,' a group of four vertebrae that are fused together to form a small triangular bone, located at the terminal end of the spine.

(medical,formal) The final (bottommost) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.