nucha

Meaning

Noun

  • The spinal cord.
  • The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.

Origin

  • From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke, borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha.. nuque.

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