1. The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
   "She bruised her coccyx after falling on the ice";
   - tail bone

Derived forms: coccyges

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: back, backbone, hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, rachis [technical], spinal column, spine, vertebral column

Encyclopedia: Coccyx