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Meanings of human tail in English

Vestigial tail.

        Usage of human tail in English
        1
        Furthermore, the human tail is a reality, not a fiction.
        The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope
        2
        We report a case of a rare congenital teratoma that developed in a lipoma attached to a remnant human tail.
        Pubmed
        3
        Human Tails.-Theprolongation of the coccyx sometimes takes the shape of a caudal extremity in man.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        4
        The presence of human tails has given rise to discussion between friends and opponents of the Darwinian theory.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        5
        These atavistic human tails are often mobile; sometimes they contain only muscles and fat, sometimes also rudiments of caudal vertebrae.
        The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
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