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Occiput   Listen
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Occiput  n.  (pl. L. occipita, E. occiputs)  
1.
(Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
2.
(Zool.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.





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"Occiput" Quotes from Famous Books



... upper part of the neck; crag: in Diptera; that part of the occiput lying over the junction of the head, i.e. between ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith
... visiting the studio of a celebrated sculptor in London, his attention was drawn to a bust with a remarkable depth of skull from the forehead to the occiput. "What a noble head," he exclaimed, "is that! full seven inches! What superior powers of mind must he be endowed with, who possesses such a head as is here represented!" "Why, yes," says the blunt artist, "he certainly was a very extraordinary man—that is ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 13, No. 355., Saturday, February 7, 1829 • Various


Words linked to "Occiput" :   occipital, human head, bone


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