tailbone
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tailbone(
teyl
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bon
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (anatomy)
a. la rabadilla (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I fell skating and bruised my tailbone.Me caí cuando estaba patinando y me magullé la rabadilla.
b. el coxis (M) (technical)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Jeremy carries a cushion around with him because he broke his tailbone.Jeremy va a todas partes con un cojín porque se rompió el coxis.
c. el cóccix (M) (technical)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
In human beings, the tailbone is a vestigial feature of the tail that our distant ancestors had.En seres humanos, el cóccix es el vestigio de una cola que tenían nuestros antepasados lejanos.
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