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nuques

nuques is the plural of nuque.

Meaning of nuque

Noun

nuque (plural nuques)

  1. The nape of the neck.
    • He had buried his mouth in Ada's nuque, when she stiffened and raised a warning finger.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 158

Questions about nuques

What is nuques the plural of?
Nuques is the plural of nuque.

Words near nuques in the dictionary

  1. nupur
  2. nupurs
  3. nuqta
  4. nuqtas
  5. nuque
  6. nuques
  7. nur
  8. Nur-Sultan
  9. nuraghe
  10. nuraghes
  11. nuraghi

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