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Webster 1913 Edition


Coccygeal

Coc-cyg′e-al

,
Adj.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the coccyx;
as, the
coccygeal
vertebræ
.
Coccygeal glands
(Zool.)
, glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed.