Meaning

2 senses

  1. The back of the neck.

  2. A neck scale, especially of a lizard.

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nuchālis, from nucha + -ālis, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spi

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nuchālis, from nucha + -ālis, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spinal cord”).

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Forms

plural: nuchals
Singularnuchal
Pluralnuchals

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
back of the neck:napenucha

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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