Crossword clues for occiput
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Occiput \Oc"ci*put\, n.; pl. L. Occipita, E. Occiputs. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + caput head. See Chief.]
(Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
(Zo["o]l.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly anatomy English) The (l en back) part of the (l en head) or (l en skull) ((l en contradistinct) from (term sinciput English)).
WordNet
n. back part of the head or skull
[also: occipita (pl)]
Wikipedia
The occiput is the anatomical term for the posterior (back) portion of the head or skull. In insects, the occiput is the posterior part of the head capsule.
The word occipital means "pertaining to the occiput", as in the name of the occipital bone.
Usage examples of "occiput".
Some ineluctable, psychic effluvium emanated from them, invisible yet all but palpable, and there was nothing grotesque about those misshapen bodies, those tremendous occiputs.
The papillary masses developed on the skin of the back, buttock, and occiput.
Soon after bunches of white hair appeared on the occiput, and in the succeeding years small patches of decolored hairs were observed also on the anterior and lateral portions of the scalp.
At the same time the physician placed his right hand against the neck just over the pomum Adami, and his left against the occiput, and, while extension was being made, he flexed the head forward until the chin nearly touched the breast, after which the head was returned to its normal position.
The case was also complicated with interstitial and subserous fibroids and a contracted pelvis, combined with a posterior position of the occiput and nonrotation of the head.
The one is a higher, longer animal, with smooth shiny hair of a light golden fulvous, the spots being clear and well defined, but, as is remarked by Sir Walter Elliot, the strongest difference of character is in the skulls, those of the larger pard being longer and more pointed, with a ridge running along the occiput, much developed for the attachment of the muscles, whereas the smaller pard has not only a rougher coat, the spots being more blurred, but it is comparatively a more squat built animal, with a rounder skull without the decided occipital ridge.
Having seen no exit holes at the back of the head he knew he had left two bullets in the region of two occiputs, and that the police could match up the bullets with the gun he was carrying.
Let the occiputs, thus cut off, be interchanged, applying each to the head of his opposite party-man.
Let the occiputs thus cut off be interchanged, applying each to the head of his opposite party-man.