http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccyx
Besides os cuculi, os caudae,with caudae, of the tail is attested. This Latin expression might be the source of the English, French language, German and Dutch terms tailbone, l'os de la queue, Schwanzbein and staartbeen. In the current official anatomic Latin nomenclature, Terminologia Anatomica,coccyx and os coccygis is used.
Besides os cuculi, os caudae,with caudae, of the tail is attested. This Latin expression might be the source of the English, French language, German and Dutch terms tailbone, l'os de la queue, Schwanzbein and staartbeen. In the current official anatomic Latin nomenclature, Terminologia Anatomica,coccyx and os coccygis is used.
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