ˌsupra-ocˈcipital, a. and n. Anat. and Zool.
[ad. mod.L. suprā-occipitālis: see supra- 1 b and occipital.]
= superoccipital.
| 1846 Owen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 319 The flattening..of the human supraoccipital, parietal and frontal bones. 1848 ― Homol. Vertebrate Skel. 5, I..regard the supraoccipital as the serial homologue of the parietal and the midfrontal. 1851 Mantell Petrifactions iv. §3. 390 The horns being placed more anteriorly in relation to the supra-occipital ridge. 1880 Günther Fishes 56 The supraoccipital separates the parietals, and forms a suture with the frontals. |