What is "coccyges"

Coccyx \Coc"cyx\, n.; pl. L. Coccyges. [L., cuckoo, Gr. ?, cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of a cuckoo.] (Anat.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebr[ae] more or less consolidated.

n. (plural of coccyx English)

See coccyx

1. n. the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes [syn: tail bone]

2. [also: coccyges (pl)]