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exoccipital, a. and n.|ɛksɒkˈsɪpɪtəl|
[f. Gr. ἔξω (see exo-) + L. occipit-, occiput the back of the head + -al1.]
A. adj. That is outside the occipital bone.
1847Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 308/1 The groove between the occipital condyle and the exoccipital process. 1869Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. XI. 577 The great extent of the exoccipital element.
B. n. pl. Those parts of the occipital bone which form the sides of the foramen magnum and support the condyles. Cf. condyle 2.
1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 59/1 The exoccipitals..are very irregular subtrianglar bones. 1855― Skel. & Teeth 26 The two condyles being developed from the two exoccipitals. 1881Mivart Cat 61 Each ex-occipital supports one of the condyles before noticed. |