Meanings
adjectivepostoccipital (comparative more postoccipital, superlative most postoccipital)
comparative more postoccipital · superlative most postoccipital
- posterior to the occiput
The nuchal or postoccipital bone (sometimes considered as the first dorsal scute) is fused with the dermocranium behind the supraoccipital bone.
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Origin
- Latinpostoccipitālis
- Latinpostoccipitālis
- Englishpostoccipital
Borrowed from Latin postoccipitālis. By surface analysis, post- + occipital.
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Latin postoccipitālis
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with postoccipital
occipitalatlantooccipitalcraniooccipitalepioccipitalfrontaloccipitalfrontooccipitalinteroccipitallateraloccipitallaterooccipitalmedioccipitalnonoccipitaloticooccipitalotoccipitalparaoccipitalpreoccipitalsphenooccipitaltemporooccipitaltrachelo-occipital
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APA
postoccipital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postoccipital
MLA
“postoccipital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postoccipital. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postoccipital,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postoccipital.
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