tail bone

Other forms: tail bones

Definitions of tail bone
  1. noun
    the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
    synonyms: coccyx
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    type of:
    bone, os
    rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
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