nape

     

The nape is the back of the neck. In many mammals, the nape is the site of the scruff, a loose, non-sensitive area of skin by which the mother can carry her young, holing the scruff between her teeth. The nape is sometimes a target of body piercing.

Trivia about nape

  • The back of your neck is referred to as the nuque or as this
  • You may not have ever seen it, but it's the back of your neck
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off a geisha in Kyoto, Japan.) Geisha & maiko used kimonos to accentuate what was the most desirable area for Japanese men--the unaji, or back of the neck, known as this in English

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