Definition of "nucha" [‖Nu•cha]

• The nape of the neck. (noun)

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• "From the nose-root to the nucha over the head he measures 13 1/2 inches, and between upper ear-tips across and over the head 11 inches, which is so close to the eight-and ten-inch standard that he may be called mesocephalic."
• "A sister of the Peruvian boy referred to had a still larger growth, extending from the nucha all over the back."
• "Ok xcha [c] a chiquichin: Xpeul ru [c] ux huyu nu teleche nu cana, yx nucha [t], nunimal."