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OCCIPUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: occipita   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Back part of the head or skull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("occiput" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("occiput" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Derivation:

occipital (of or relating to the occiput)

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