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oc·ci·put

(ŏk′sə-pŭt′, -pət)

n. pl. oc·cip·i·ta (ŏk-sĭp′ĭ-tə) or oc·ci·puts

The back part of the head or skull.

[Middle English, from Latin occiput, occipit- : ob-, against; see ob- + caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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occiput

(ˈɒksɪˌpʌt; -pət)

n, pl occiputs or occipita (ɒkˈsɪpɪtə)

(Anatomy) the back part of the head or skull

[C14: from Latin, from ob- at the back of + caput head]

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oc•ci•put

(ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət)

n., pl. oc•ci•puts, oc•cip•i•ta (ɒkˈsɪp ɪ tə)

the back part of the head or skull.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, =oc- oc- + -ciput, comb. form of caput head]

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Noun

occiput - back part of the head or skull

bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

human head - the head of a human being

Translations

occipucio

occipite

occiput

[ˈɒksɪpʌt] N (occiputs or occipita (pl)) → occipucio m

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occiput

n (spec) → Hinterkopf m

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oc·ci·put

n. occipucio, porción postero-inferior del cráneo.

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The method is this: You take a hundred leaders of each party; you dispose them into couples of such whose heads are nearest of a size; then let two nice operators saw off the occiput of each couple at the same time, in such a manner that the brain may be equally divided.

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"How canst thou see, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "where it makes that line, or where this mouth or this occiput is that thou talkest of, when the night is so dark that there is not a star to be seen in the whole heaven?"

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It soon appeared that his skill came short of his ambition; for, after several narrow escapes and some frantic staggering, his calves, elbows, and occiput smote the ice almost simultaneously.