postoccipital
English
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edit- Rhymes: -ɪpɪtəl
Adjective
editpostoccipital (not comparable)
- posterior to the occiput
- 2015 December 31, “Current Occurrence of the Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus in Northern Spain: A New Prospect for Sturgeon Conservation in Western Europe”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The nuchal or postoccipital bone (sometimes considered as the first dorsal scute) is fused with the dermocranium behind the supraoccipital bone.