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OCCIPUT
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Irregular inflected form: occipita
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Back part of the head or skull
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("occiput" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("occiput" is a part of...):
human head (the head of a human being)
Derivation:
occipital (of or relating to the occiput)
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