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Webster 1913 Edition

Occiput

Oc′ci-put

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Occipita
(#)
, E.
Occiputs
.
[L., fr.
ob
(see
Ob-
) +
caput
head. See
Chief
.]
1.
(Anat.)
The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
2.
(Zool.)
A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.

Webster 1828 Edition

Occiput

OC'CIPUT

,
Noun.
[L. ob and caput, head.] The hinder part of the head, or that part of the skull which forms the hind part of the head.

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