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noun
A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural, obsolete
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.
