occiput

n., pl., oc·cip·i·ta (ŏk-sĭp'ĭ-tə), or oc·ci·puts.
The back part of the head or skull.

[Middle English, from Latin occiput, occipit- : ob-, against; see ob- + caput, head.]

(OK-suh-put)

noun, plural occipita (ok-SIP-i-tah) or occiputs
The back part of the head or skull.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin occipit, from oc-, from ob- (against) + ciput, from caput (head).

Usage
Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut. Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut. And his reverend occiput. Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut., Grit your molars and do your dut., Gird up your l--ns, Smite h-p and th-gh, We'll all be Kansas By and by. Opening para of Ogden Nash's 1931 poem on Sen. Reed Smoot whose anti-porn stance led to a newspaper headline "Smoot Smites Smut".

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(ŏk'sə-pŭt', -pət)
n., pl. -puts or oc·cip·i·ta (ŏk-sĭp'ĭ-tə).

The back part of the head or skull.

The back of the skull. The external occipital protruberance and the occipital crests; may normally be very prominent in some dogs. Sometimes traumatized with hematoma formation resulting.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: back part of the head or skull

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