postoccipital

English

Etymology

post- +‎ occipital

Adjective

postoccipital (not comparable)

  1. 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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145728:
      The nuchal or postoccipital bone (sometimes considered as the first dorsal scute) is fused with the dermocranium behind the supraoccipital bone.
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