Words Like OCCIPUT
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7 definitions of occiput
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The back part of the head or skull (contradistinct from sinciput).
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In man, the hinder part of the head, or that part of the skull which forms the hind part of the head; the hindhead; the posterior part of the calvarium, from the middle of the vertex to the foramen magnum: opposed to sinciput.
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In other vertebrates, a corresponding but varying part of the head or skull: as, in most mammals, only that part corresponding to the supraoccipital bone itself, or from the occipital protuberance to the foramen magnum.
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In descriptive ornith., a frequent term for the part of the head which slopes up from nucha to vertex. See diagram under bird.
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In herpetology, the generally flat back part of the top of the head, as where, in a snake for example, the occipital plates are situated.
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In entomology, that part of the head behind the epicranium, belonging to the labial or second maxillary segment, and articulating with the thorax.
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back part of the head or skull