Nuchal

Quick meaning: Nuchal is a noun meaning The back of the neck.

Meaning

The back of the neck.

More Meanings

1. (medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of nuchal translucency scan.
2. (zoology) A neck scale, especially of a lizard.
3. Of or pertaining to the back or nape of the neck.

Example Sentences

Many particulars of the nuchal torus region and nuchal plane are preserved (see Caspari, 1991 for further details, our description replies heavily on Caspari's work).

Growth patterns of clavicles, cleithra, opercles, medial nuchals, dorsal scutes, and pectoral fin ray sections have been compared in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus.

Scales are weakly differentiated, with head scales flat and smooth, nuchals small and smooth, dorsal scales small and keeled, and tail scales larger ventrally than laterally, without wings.

Dunn gives a key to a part of this group of Eumeces, based upon the number of nuchals, placing the two American species (he does not consider Eumeces altamirani Dugès) in a group having 14-17 pairs of nuchals;[…].

Word Forms

• nuchals

Synonyms for nuchal

Depending on context, synonyms include nape, nucha.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include translucency, nape, nuque, nuchalgia, hindneck, necke.

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