exoccipital
1 of 2adjective
ex·occipital
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: of or relating to a bone or region on each side of the foramen magnum of the skull
exoccipital
2 of 2noun
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: either of a pair of bones lying one on each side of the foramen magnum and free in lower vertebrates but forming in man a part of the occipital bone
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
International Scientific Vocabulary exo- + occipital