亚洲网紅露点

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occiput

[ ok-suh-puht, -puht ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural occiputs, occipita
  1. the back part of the head or skull.


occiput

/ -p蓹t; 藞蓲ks瑟藢p蕦t /

noun

  1. the back part of the head or skull
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of occiput1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of occiput1

C14: from Latin, from ob- at the back of + caput head
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I felt her glance slide through me and out my occiput and knew that I was uncommonly transparent to her; that everybody was.

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He was later followed offstage by Paul Hamrick, a home-schooled 13-year-old from California, who was bummed to learn that 颅鈥渙cciput鈥 has that tricky 鈥渦鈥 in there.聽

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Reaching about 1 m in total length, they were blunt-snouted and with closely set, dorsally facing orbits and a long skull table which, at the level of the occiput, was broader than the snout.

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Neck and Shoulders.鈥擳he neck should be fairly long, and tapering from the shoulders to the head, with sloping shoulders, the neck being free from throatiness, and slightly arched at the occiput.

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His hand went to the back of his head and patted his occiput鈥攁 gesture frequent with him.

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