nucha

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nucha

/ˈnjuːkə/ UK
/ˈn(j)ukə/ US

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From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque.

noun nuchae · nuke

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

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@misc{nucha_2026,
  title = {nucha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nucha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}