nucha

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ukə/ Hyphenation: nu‧cha === Noun === nucha (plural nuchae) (anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord. (anatomy, zoology, 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== nuke ==== Derived terms ==== nuchal nuchal ligament === References === === Anagrams === chaun == Latin == === Alternative forms === nucra, nocra === Etymology === From either Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spinal marrow”) or Arabic نُقْرَة (nuqra, “hollow of the neck”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnʊ.kʰa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnuː.ka] === Noun === nucha f (genitive nuchae); first declension (Medieval Latin) nape ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== nuchālis ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Hyrtl, Joseph (1879), Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie‎[1] (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 188–193