occipital bone

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   a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull

   Broadermembrane bone

   Part ofcranium

   Partsinionoccipital protuberance

Questions about occipital bone

What does occipital bone mean?

occipital bone means "a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull".

Is occipital bone a common word?

occipital bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.