occiput

American  

[ok-suh-puht, -puht] / ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

occiputs, occipita

1. the back part of the head or skull.

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occiput British  

/ -pət, ˈɒksɪˌpʌt /

noun

1. the back part of the head or skull

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Etymology

Origin of occiput

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head

Example Sentences

I felt her glance slide through me and out my occiput and knew that I was uncommonly transparent to her; that everybody was.

From Literature

He was later followed offstage by Paul Hamrick, a home-schooled 13-year-old from California, who was bummed to learn that ­“occiput” has that tricky “u” in there. 

From Washington Post

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.

From Scientific American

Trace.—A black line extending from the occiput to the tail.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg