nucha

---

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnjuːkə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈn(j)ukə/

Noun

nucha (plural nuchae)

1. (anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord.
2. (anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back#Noun|back of the neck#Noun|neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head#Noun|head or the portion#Noun|portion of the body behind#Preposition|behind the head.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002