Nucha

//ˈnjuːkə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spinal cord. obsolete
  2. 2
    the back side of the neck wordnet
  3. 3
    The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head. dated, rare

Synonyms

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napenapenuchalscruff

Etymology

From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque.

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nuchal ligament

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