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noun
The spinal cord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, rare
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the back side of the neck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nape, scruff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rear, backside, back end
History
From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque.
