ˌsuperocˈcipital, a. and n. Anat. and Zool.
[super- 1 b.]
A. adj. Situated at the upper part of the occiput or back of the head. B. n. The superoccipital bone, an element of the skull usually forming part of the occipital bone, but in some lower vertebrates constituting a distinct bone.
| 1854 Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 205 The neural spine..is the ‘superoccipital’. 1858 Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. (ed. 8), Super-occipital Bone. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 705/2 (Birds), The perfected occipital arch has a pair of super-occipitals..as in man. |