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occiput

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oc·ci·put  (ks-pt, -pt)
n. pl. oc·cip·i·ta (k-sp-t) or oc·ci·puts
The back part of the head or skull.
[Middle English, from Latin occiput, occipit- : ob-, against; see ob- + caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]
occiput [ˈɒksɪˌpʌt -pət]
n pl occiputs, occipita [ɒkˈsɪpɪtə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the back part of the head or skull
[from Latin, from ob- at the back of + caput head]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.occiput - back part of the head or skull
bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
human head - the head of a human being
Translations
occiput [ˈɒksɪpʌt] N (occiputs or occipita (pl)) → occipucio m
occiput
n (spec) → Hinterkopf m
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The method is this: You take a hundred leaders of each party; you dispose them into couples of such whose heads are nearest of a size; then let two nice operators saw off the occiput of each couple at the same time, in such a manner that the brain may be equally divided.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
It soon appeared that his skill came short of his ambition; for, after several narrow escapes and some frantic staggering, his calves, elbows, and occiput smote the ice almost simultaneously.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
"How canst thou see, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "where it makes that line, or where this mouth or this occiput is that thou talkest of, when the night is so dark that there is not a star to be seen in the whole heaven?
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
 
 
 
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