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genitive: coccygis

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Etymology of the Latin word coccyx

the New Latin word coccyx (cuckoo)

derived from the Greek word kokkux, κόκκυξ (a cuckoo, hence a structure shaped like a cuckoo's bill)

English coccyx

Word found in New Latin