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# coccyx

«coccyx» in Mova's school dictionary: **The small bone at the very bottom of the spine, made of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a coccyx, coccyges or coccyxes)

### meaning for a pupil

The small bone at the very bottom of the spine, made of tiny bones joined together; also called the tailbone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the skeleton it is often called a leftover of a tail from long-ago ancestors. In everyday life people hurt it when they fall on their bottom. Phrases: "bruise your coccyx", "tailbone".

### examples

- The coccyx is at the bottom of your spine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/#x1)
- I fell on the ice and hurt my coccyx. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/#x2)
- Another name for the coccyx is the tailbone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/#x3)
- Scientists think the coccyx is a leftover from a tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/#x4)
- The coccyx helps hold muscles in place when you sit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/#x5)

### note

Pronounced "KOK-six". Plural: coccyges ("kok-SY-jeez") or coccyxes. It still has a job (holding muscles), so it is not completely useless.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coccyx» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.