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occiput


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Occiput  \Oc"ci*put\,  n.;  pl  L.  {Occipita},  E.  {Occiputs}.  [L., 
  fr  ob  (see  {Ob-})  +  caput  head.  See  {Chief}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  back  or  posterior,  part  of  the  head  or  skull; 
  the  region  of  the  occipital  bone. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  plate  which  forms  the  back  part  of  the  head 
  of  insects. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  occiput 
  n  :  back  part  of  the  head  or  skull 




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