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occipital bone

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occipital bone

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From Latin occiput; compare ob- (“towards, against”) and caput (“head”)

noun occipital bones

  1. The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals.

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noun bone at the back of the skull

한국어뒤통수뼈 dwitongsuppyeo
DeutschHinterhauptbein, Hinterhauptsbein

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@misc{occipital_bone_2026,
  title = {occipital bone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/occipital%20bone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}