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postoccipital

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pos-toc-cip-i-tal
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

posterior to the occiput

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin postoccipitālis. By surface analysis, post- + occipital.

Inflected Forms

more postoccipital (comparative) most postoccipital (superlative)

Rhymes With

interoccipital otoccipital otooccipital temporooccipital temporoccipital frontooccipital basiooccipital frontaloccipital sphenooccipital epioccipital atlantoccipital craniooccipital

Questions

What does postoccipital mean?
posterior to the occiput
Where does postoccipital come from?
Borrowed from Latin postoccipitālis. By surface analysis, post- + occipital.

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