Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

occipital bone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: oc-cip-i-tal bone
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals.

Etymology

From Latin occiput; compare ob- (“towards, against”) and caput (“head”)

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: occiput

Inflected Forms

occipital bones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

occiput occipita occiputs

Questions

What does occipital bone mean?: The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals.
Where does occipital bone come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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