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nape

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nape  (np, np)
n.
The back of the neck.
[Middle English.]
nape
Noun
the back of the neck [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.napenape - the back side of the neck
nucha, scruff
cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"
back end, backside, rear - the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
Translations
Spanish nape [neɪp] n nape of the neck → nuca, cogote m
French nape [neɪp] n nape of the neck → nuque f
German nape [neɪp] n the nape of the neck → der Nacken
Italian nape [neɪp] n nape of the neck → nuca
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Moreover, there was no fracture of the vertebrae at the nape of the neck, and it was evident that he had not been hanged.
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He brushed the hair upward from the nape of her neck.
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Domitian dreamed, the night before he was slain, that a golden head was growing, out of the nape of his neck: and indeed, the succession that followed him for many years, made golden times.
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