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单词 superoccipital
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superoccipitaladj.n.

Brit. /ˌsuːpərɒkˈsɪpᵻtl/, /ˌsjuːpərɒkˈsɪpᵻtl/, U.S. /ˌsupərɑkˈsɪpᵻdl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: super- prefix, occipital adj.
Etymology: < super- prefix + occipital adj. In use as noun after French sur-occipital (noun) (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1821, in Mém. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 7 118). Compare slightly later supraoccipital adj. and supraoccipital n.
Anatomy and Zoology.
A. adj.
= supraoccipital adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > back of head > [adjective]
occipitial?a1425
occipital?1541
superoccipital1832
supero-occipital1862
1832 W. Percival Anat. Horse 22 The External Surface [of the occipital bone] is divided by a transverse mark into two portions, a super-occipital and a sub-occipital portion, which were once two separate bones.
1886 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 177 473 This would be exceeded if the superoccipital spine were entire.
1956 Jrnl. Paleontol. 30 644/1 The superoccipital region is broad.
1998 B. J. Verts & L. N. Carraway Land Mammals Oregon 134/2 The interparietal bone is separated from the parietal and superoccipital bones by distinct sutures.
B. n.
= supraoccipital n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > back of skull > parts of or associated with
inion1814
superoccipital1834
supraoccipital1838
paroccipital1846
paramastoid1848
suroccipital1848
exoccipital1853
basion1878
opisthion1878
1834 H. McMurtrie Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 285 (note) M. Geoffroy has also adopted this determination, he calls these two pair of bones, the superoccipital, and exoccipital.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 705/2 The perfected occipital arch has a pair of super-occipitals..as in man.
1907 Biol. Bull. 13 211 The crest of the superoccipital is moderately developed, but does not reach to the anterior end of that bone.
2000 T. O'Connor Archaeol. Animal Bones ̇ii. 10 (figure) Maxilla..frontal..superoccipital..post temporal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1832
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