nuchal
Americanadjective
noun
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nuchals
plural
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Anatomy. the nape of the neck.
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Zoology. a scale on the neck of a lizard.
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During this period she arrived at her finding relating to the nuchal fold, as well as discoveries about, among other things, the development of fetal hearing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
Sometimes the cord wraps around a limb, but it more commonly winds around the neck, called a nuchal cord.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2021
The pathologist's report labeled the cause of death "asphyxia due to nuchal cord," which, to be blunt, means my daughter was strangled by her own cord.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2015
In the neck, this ligament expands to become the nuchal ligament.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Differs strikingly from typical aureogaster in having well-marked nuchal and rump patches of yellowish brown or rufous brown; the underparts gray or gray washed with rufous; tail heavier and more bushy; pelage softer....
From The Subspecies of the Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster by Keith R. Kelson
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