coccyx
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The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Following this evolutionary split, the group of apes that includes present-day humans evolved the formation of fewer tail vertebrae, giving rise to the coccyx, or tailbone.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
The coccyx is typically 3–4 vertebrae that fuse into one.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The adult vertebral column consists of 24 vertebrae plus the sacrum and coccyx.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The slender coccyx has a thin dorsal ridge on the anterior three-fourths of its length.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
