Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated at or near the upper part of the occipital; of or pertaining to the superoccipital: specifically noting one of the lateral occipital gyri of the brain.
- noun The superior median element of the compound occipital bone.
- noun Also
supra-occipital .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Supraoccipital.
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- adjective Alternative form of
supraoccipital .
Etymologies
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super- + occipital
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