exoccipital en · ADJ
Etymology
From exo- + occipital.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| exooccipital | alternative | lexicographic |
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exoccipital en · NOUN
Etymology
From exo- + occipital.
Meanings
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Such a bone.
Primitively the exoccipitals took but little part in the formation of the occipital condyle, but in many later reptiles they form a large part, as in the Chelonia (Fig. 31 b), or even the whole, as in the Amphisbaenia (Fig. 56 b); or, by the recession of the basioccipital, the double condyles of the Cynodontia and mammals.
1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| exoccipitals | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| exooccipital | alternative | lexicographic |