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Paxwax
Paxwax Pax"wax`, n. [For faxvax, fr. AS. fea? hair (akin to OHG. fahs) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf. Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebr[ae], and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.

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- pericranial and artificial grafts. In sheep and cattle, it is known as the paxwax. It relieves the animal of the weight of its head. The nuchal ligament is...
- Master of Paxwax is a novel by Phillip Mann published in 1986. Master of Paxwax is a novel in which aliens are oppressed by human empires, but they plot...
- Radio New Zealand. The story of Master of Paxwax, Mann's second book, centers around the life of Pawl Paxwax. Pawl – and his name is significant – is the...
- Families is a novel by Phillip Mann published in 1987, a sequel of Master of Paxwax from 1986. The Fall of the Families is a novel in which oppressed aliens...
- (Lukoil), fall. Phillip Mann, 80, British-born New Zealand writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families), teacher and theatre director. Jack Marchal,...
- 1 SeptemberPhillip Mann, British-born New Zealand writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families), teacher and theatre director (b. 1942). 2 September...
- philanthropist (born 1937). Phillip Mann, science fiction writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families) and theatre director (born 1942). 4 September...