TAIL BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tail bone mean? 

• TAIL BONE (noun)
  The noun TAIL BONE has 1 sense:

1. the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes

  Familiarity information: TAIL BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAIL BONE (noun)

Meaning:

The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

coccyx; tail bone

Hypernyms ("tail bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "tail bone"):

caudal vertebra; coccygeal vertebra (one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx)

Holonyms ("tail bone" is a part of...):

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)