Occipital

//ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of occipital bone. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. 2
    An occipital scale in reptiles.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the occiput wordnet

Synonyms

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dorsal

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis.

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