sincipita

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UK/sɪnˈsɪpɪtə/

A form of sinciput — The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounsincipita pl
  1. pluralplural of sinciput
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    Of the three very small specimens, the youngest is entirely of a bright light fulvous hue, without any admixture of dark hairs: the second has a general slight admixture of dark hairs, which predominate on the forehead, vertex, and occiput, while the sincipita continue bright fulvous; the arms and hands, knees, shins, and feet, are as dark as in the adult: the third, but very little larger, is coloured as in the mature animal, except that the terminal three-fourths of its tail continue rufous; and some admixture of the same remains on the sincipita, throat, flanks, and exterior of thighs.

    1847, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, XVI:ii, page 734

Origin

  1. Latinsincipita
  2. Englishsincipita

First attested in 1847; from the Latin sincipita, the nominative plural form of sinciput.

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