occĭput, ĭtis, n. [ob-caput],
the back part of the head , the poll , occiput (less freq. than occipitium), Pers. 1, 62; Aus. Epigr. 12, 8.
·noun A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects. II. Occiput ·noun The back, or post...
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