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coccyx

[kok-siks] / ˈkɒk sɪks /
NOUN
small of the back
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Example Sentences

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“It can also go at the bottom of your coccyx, if I may say.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said the structures were more striking than other evolutionary remnants humans retained, such as the apparently redundant appendix, wisdom teeth and coccyx.

From BBC

The coccyx curves up, beneath, a vestigial reminder of our simian origins.

From The Guardian

The tail is only annoying during the coccyx balance at the end of the solo.

From New York Times

Because no one had ever told her to tuck in anything, her spine hung in a graceful S-curve from the nape of her neck right down to her coccyx.

From The Guardian