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Skull protuberance
Answer for the clue "Skull protuberance ", 5 letters:
inion
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Word definitions for inion in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inion \In"i*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ini`on the back of the head.] (Anat.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external occipital protuberance.
Usage examples of inion.
At woe she became a kind of second mother to Sadie, and as Sadie w older, she often turned to her before me or Daniel for help and inion nation Cass was angtj she felt left out.
He wanted to last Sunday, but I stopped him just as he was goin' out of the door with four heads strung on a string, for all the airth like a string of inions.