Occiput

What do we mean by occiput?

The back part of the head or skull. noun

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. noun

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. noun

In descriptive ornith., a frequent term for the part of the head which slopes up from nucha to vertex. See diagram under bird. noun

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. noun

In entomology, that part of the head behind the epicranium, belonging to the labial or second maxillary segment, and articulating with the thorax. noun

The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone. noun

A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects. noun

The back part of the head or skull (contradistinct from sinciput). noun

Back part of the head or skull noun

The back part of the head or skull (contradistinct from sinciput).

Words that are spelled similarly to occiput:
occiput, occipit.

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