paroccipital

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Situated on the side of the hindhead, or in a lateral occipital position.
noun A bone of the lateral occipital region of the skull, distinct from other bones, in a fish, for example: by Owen considered as the diapophysis of the occipital vertebra, and identified with the external, lateral, or superior occipital bone of some anatomists, and the mastoid of others. Also called epiotic.
noun A certain lateral projection of the occipital bone proper; the paroccipital process of the occipital bone, especially when elongated or otherwise conspicuous: in some animals also called mastoid process.

adjective (Anat.) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

adjective anatomy Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

para- +‎ occipital

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The _bulla tympani_ or bulb of the ear is large as in the cats, but it is not divided into two compartments by a bony partition (which in the dogs is reduced to a low wall), but the paroccipital process or bony clamp on the external posterior surface is closely applied to the bulb as in the cats, and not separated by a groove as in the dogs.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
The relation of this piece to the paroccipital of certain rep - tiles remains to be ascertained.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771
Beneath and towards the middle line of the skull is a part of another bone, which may be the paroccipital, or even exoccipital.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771